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Back in 1901, aspiring writer beatrix potter was frustrated with rejection letters from publishers, so she privately published 250 copies of her first book for distribution to friends and. Dangerous myths and terrible truths publishing childrens books. This is because to reach your audience, youre almost invariably going to have to publish actual paper books most kids dont rely on ereaders for their daily dose of richard scary and roald dahl. When submitting a portion of a longer work, please provide an accompanying cover letter that briefly describes your manuscript s plot, genre i.
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