Make Your Own ‘Artist’s Annual’ Catalog

Description

Learn how to layout and create your own 8.5 x 11″ ‘artist’s annual’ art catalog through Amazon’s KDP publishing platform, using your computer and Word.

• one-on-one tutoring in NWA
• will travel if expenses paid
• will teach groups
• The tuition includes five 2-hour sessions at $99/ea.

Please call, text, or email me so we can set the date/times before placing your order. The location is your choice anywhere in NW Arkansas, but it needs to have WiFi available. I will travel, but travel expenses are extra. Eventually I’ll get a booking app here so you can choose dates on the site. If you would like to book a class for a group, please text or call me at (479) 409-3429 or email me at madison@wildozark.com to discuss it with me.

Here’s what we’ll cover:

• set up an account at Amazon for publishing your annual
• create a cover image (I use Photoshop, we can figure out how to use whatever platform you use for graphics)
• layout the interior- I’ll share my template with you, you can adapt to fit your needs
• upload your files
• order your author’s/artist’s proof
• correct your issues (requires a second session once the proof arrives)

The amount of time it takes to complete a manuscript will depend on how much you work on it. I only bill for the time we’re working together, and you can do a lot of the work on your own at home once you’ve gotten the grasp of what you’ll do. Once you’ve created your catalog and ordered your proof, when the proof arrives we’ll meet again for one-on-one help with correcting any issues.

What You’ll Need to Bring

• laptop computer with WORD (for the interior) and ADOBE Photoshop (if you want to create your own covers or edit your photos of artwork during the class using the same program I use)
• all of the image files either stored on your computer or on a USB drive (300 dpi at least)

Pre-requisites

This will save time doing it on the clock during our tutoring session, but we can do it together if you want help. You’ll need to have an Amazon account, or create one here: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/

If you don’t have Photoshop or want to create your own covers, I will do the cover for you, but it’s a separate service. Email to ask or inquire during the class. Amazon does have a built in cover creator you can use as an alternative.

Artist’s Annual

Your copies, if your book is in the same amount of page count range as mine is (40 pages) will cost between 4 and 5 USD when you order copies from Amazon. This is too much to pass them out like business cards, of course, but inexpensive enough to give one to your collectors each year and get a few copies to keep on hand to sell in your online or brick-and-mortar stores.

You’re also free to list them for sale at large on Amazon, too. If you’d like to also create an ebook, you can do that too. Layout for an ebook involves a few changes that I won’t go into for this class, but you can experiment until it looks right to you.

It costs nothing at all to sign up at Amazon as an author and create these books. If any of them do sell to the public through their platform, you’ll earn a royalty.