Publish A Coloring Book: How to Illustrate and Sell Your Book Online
Are you looking for a fun way to earn money from your illustrations—something both practical and creatively satisfying? Have you ever considered publishing a book of your own? I recently began designing and self-publishing coloring books as a side project, and, unexpectedly, they became some of the most enjoyable projects I’ve worked on in a long time. Coloring book publishing is not only creatively fulfilling, but it’s a direct, accessible way to translate artwork into income.
In my Skillshare course, Publish A Coloring Book: How to Illustrate and Sell Your Book Online, I’m teaching you how to combine the two in a creative, profitable project: your very own coloring book. You’ll learn my entire design process from start to finish, and by the final lesson, you will have published a beautiful book that you can sell and share with the world!
Get a taste of what the class offers:
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I’ll teach you my entire process—including all the nitty gritty technical details—start to finish.
You’ll learn how to publish your very own, physical coloring book, and exactly how to sell it on Amazon, too. Specifically, I cover how to:
Choose a theme for your illustrations and gather inspiration
Draw full-page line art with the right margins and specs for printing and selling
Lay out your designs as a book in easy-to-use, free software
Design an eye-catching cover that will attract buyers
Self-publish your coloring book and start selling it immediately
I’ll give you lots of ideas for coloring book themes, illustration styles, and interior layouts.
You can draw your illustrations with ink on paper or digitally, like in Procreate for iPad.
This class is for all artists, whether you prefer digital illustration or pen and ink.
So long as you have the tools to draw black and white line art, whether that’s with pen and ink or digitally on your iPad or computer, you can publish your very own coloring book—and much more easily than you may imagine.
I use the Procreate app for iPad to create my artwork in class, but you can follow along using any art-making tools you like, including good old pen and ink.
Learn how to lay out your coloring book’s interior and cover with a free Canva account.
I’ll walk you through the entire publishing process, from inspiration to publication.
We’ll start by gathering inspiration for your book’s theme and illustrating all the pages. Next we’ll lay out the interior and design an eye-catching cover using free and easy software anyone can access online. And finally, I’ll show you how to upload and publish your book on Amazon, so you can start selling it in a matter of days. I also answer some of your most pressing book marketing FAQs.
…and get one month of Skillshare Premium free.
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As a Top Teacher on the Skillshare platform, I offer lots of classes about calligraphy, typography, Procreate, Adobe Photoshop, and creative freelancing.
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