{"id":5991,"date":"2023-12-28T03:05:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T03:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qinprinting.com\/blog\/?p=5991"},"modified":"2026-01-08T16:20:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T08:20:55","slug":"make-money-self-publishing-childrens-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qinprinting.com\/blog\/make-money-self-publishing-childrens-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Make Money Self-Publishing Children's Books?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Before you take the final plunge and print your children's book for self-publishing, you may wonder what are your chances of getting a good return on your investment? That's the question we answer here.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Let’s be honest at the outset: writing, designing, and selling children’s books isn’t an effortless task. Writing well for children is more difficult than writing well for adults. Much children’s writing also needs first-class artwork to accompany it. Many times, depending on the age group, the artwork is central, and it’s the text that plays a secondary role. But even if the text plays a secondary role, it must be perfect in its economy and clarity of expression. Also, there’s a much wider range of formats from which to choose and which you need to get right both for your target readership and for your content. Board books, pop-up books, picture books, activity books, chapter books, and perfect bound novels are all options.<\/p>

And then there’s publishing. For most genres of children’s books, the “cheap and easy” routes such as Amazon KDP or the other “print on demand” services like Lulu and Ingram Spark, don’t offer the range of paper types, printing options, and binding solutions you’ll need as a children’s author. So, you’ll need to invest in traditional offset printing services<\/a>. And marketing children’s books is a topic in itself as few children, especially in the younger age groups, buy their own books. It’s parents, teachers, and librarians who acquire books for them. But can you make money self-publishing children’s books<\/strong>?<\/p>

Yes, you can. We’re not here to put you off! Just walk into any high street bookstore and you’ll see that thousands of new children’s titles are published every year. So, it can be done! In the early days of self-publishing, most entrepreneurial writers were of the opinion that you couldn’t make a success of self-publishing as a children’s writer. But history has proved them wrong. Popular children’s authors such as Hannah Holt<\/a>, Ronnie Sydney<\/a>, Karen Inglis<\/a>, Darcy Pattison<\/a>, and many more have all built full-time careers as self-published children’s writers. Darcy Pattison has published over 60 books and now earns a six-figure income. They’ve all answered whether you can make money by self-publishing juvenile fiction with a resounding yes.<\/p>

As the world of publishing develops, more and more children’s authors and author-illustrators are turning to self-publishing as an increasingly viable option. This is particularly true in the realm of children’s picture books<\/a>, board books<\/a> and pop-up books<\/a>, where enthusiastic and creative authors with a professional approach are finding success in developing their own stories and reaching young readers via astute marketing to parents, schools, libraries, bookstores, and kid’s clubs. In this post, we’ll focus on the potential profitability <\/em>of self-publishing children’s books, and, drawing on almost 30 years of experience\u2014and counting\u2014helping independent writers find success, we’ll provide you with valuable insights on how to navigate this competitive market.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Understanding the profitability of self-publishing<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Self-publishing offers you, as an aspiring children’s author, or an established children’s author looking to claim more autonomy over your publishing output, the opportunity to control your creative process, set your own prices, and keep a larger share of the potential profits which accrue from the sales of your books. While it may not guarantee instant success\u2014unknown authors should expect to spend at least a year publishing and have issued half a dozen titles before they see a significant profit\u2014it provides a platform for enthusiastic professionals to build a sustainable career. However, it is essential to understand the factors that influence profitability in this industry. We can sum these up:<\/p>