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Self-Publishing Organising

Today has been busy.  Sending off contracts for our illustrator, paying 50% of our printing and remembering about ISBNs. As soon as we seriously considered publishing Nerdy Numbers and Sci-Fi Shapes, I contacted our illustrator and printer.  They’re my top priorities.  Without them we don’t go ahead.  So, after our Kickstarter success, I sent an email to book them in.

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An Interview with Sarah

Last week Sarah was interviewed on a popular women’s business podcast. She talks about self-publishing, working from home, balancing being a full time mum and businesswoman, online marketing and plenty more.

Listen Now!

 

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New Books Now on Kickstarter

Whoop! Today we launch our Kickstarter campaign for the new books. Please head over and see if there’s a pledge that suits you, you can even appear in a book if you like!

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Even if you can’t back the project today, please take a moment to share it with your friends in case one of them is interested in being involved. Any support is hugely appreciated :)

 

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Themes Keep it Real

We’ve developed different back-stories for the new books: Nerdy Numbers is set at a birthday party and Sci-Fi Shapes is all about an imaginary astronaut adventure.

I believe it’s important to make learning meaningful.  Like any parent does every day – counting the objects, or identifying shapes around them.  Our youngest (2) went through a phase of identifying the triangles wherever she was.  That’s what we want for our numbers and shapes, that children will start identifying the number 42 or a twin helix when they see one.  I mean truly – how cool would that be!

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