I highly recommend joining this KDP Publishers community as a Premium Member, particularly if children’s publishing is part of your plans. The experience and practical knowledge shared here can help you avoid mistakes and improve your books. I have experimented with publishing two illustrated children’s books on Kindle. Although I am pleased with the stories and Australian-outback artwork, the illustrations lose much of their impact on standard monochrome Kindles. However, I have always taken an early-adopter view. My prediction is that colour e-readers will become commonplace within the next two years—and that is when illustrated children’s ebooks will really shine. Children already love screen time. Turning some of that time into reading and learning creates an enormous future opportunity. My tip is simple: publish your children’s book as a full-colour Kindle edition alongside the printed version. Build your catalogue now, learn the process and position yourself ahead of the curve rather than trying to catch up later. Who else is preparing their children’s books for the colour e-reader market?

I enjoy experimenting with different book-marketing strategies and have recently ramped up my Substack. My daily Notes reflect life in Vietnam and are published in English and Vietnamese. Posting bilingually helps break down the language barrier and has opened many doors for me as the only Westerner living in my fishing village. In each accompanying image, I quietly feature a different book cover on my Kindle. There is no sales pitch—the book simply becomes part of the scene while keeping my Kindle Unlimited titles visible. Today’s bilingual Note is here: https://substack.com/profile/276352325-bradley-deacon/note/c-344422149 Does anyone else use subtle, story-led marketing rather than direct sales posts?

I want to warn members about a highly convincing email I received from someone claiming to be Billie Lindon, an editor at Avon Books. The email demonstrated detailed knowledge of my novel, Cyber Cold Case Files: The World’s First Cyber Cold Case Unit. It referred specifically to Thomas Woods, Ava Green, her wrongful conviction and exoneration, and the structure involving ten cold cases. This initially made the approach appear genuine. Avon Books is a legitimate HarperCollins imprint, and Billie Lindon is listed as an editor on its official UK website. Interestingly, the heading spells the name “Billie,” while the accompanying biography uses “Billy.” However, the decisive warning sign is the sender’s address: [email protected] Avon Books UK expressly states that HarperCollins UK staff communicate exclusively through email addresses ending in @harpercollins.co.uk. Detailed knowledge of an author’s books is no longer proof that an approach is genuine. Information can be collected from Amazon listings, author pages, websites and social media, then converted into an extremely convincing personalised email using AI. Please treat similar approaches as suspected impersonation unless independently verified through HarperCollins. Do not reply, click links, open attachments, pay fees, or provide manuscripts, identification, banking information or passwords. Suspicious HarperCollins UK communications can be checked through their official fraud address: [email protected]. I have attached a one-page summary showing the red flags, verification findings and recommended safety steps. Please share this warning with other authors. in a nutshell run the email through GPT and ask could this be legitimate. Regards, BRADLEY

Notion is an amazing project-management platform, but after reviewing my Deacon Universe workflow with ChatGPT, I realised I needed something simpler. Google Keep is free, visual, quick to set up and ideal for managing my current books, story canon, marketing, KDP tasks and media. My system is simple: capture, label, act and archive—without costly subscriptions or complicated databases. Sometimes the best productivity tool is the one you will actually use. What do you use?

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