Children's Book Publishing Archives

Unboxing a Print Run of Children’s Books

by hillary | Feb 19, 2026 | Children's Book Publishing

Why I ordered a print run (and why it matters for wholesale) This week I’m prepping for the New England Made wholesale show, and that meant making a real production decision: I placed a print run of two of my books so my per-book cost is lower than the inventory I...

Structuring Buying Options for Wholesale Books

by hillary | Jan 30, 2026 | Business, Children's Book Publishing

Paste into your blog post (WP: Custom HTML block, or SEO plugin “Schema/Custom JSON-LD” field).Replace ONLY the URLs marked YOUR-WEEK-5-URL and (optionally) your hosted promo image URL.--> What I’m working on in Week 5 I’m Hillary Dow, the author-illustrator behind...

2nd Print Run: Print-on-Demand vs Domestic vs Overseas

by hillary | Jan 15, 2026 | Business, Children's Book Publishing

Week 3 of my 2026 vlog is all about printing decisions for fully illustrated, full-color children’s books. I’ve tested print-on-demand, domestic/local printing, and overseas printing, and I’m sharing what I’ve learned about cost, quality, reliability, and...

Unboxing a Print Run of Children’s Books

Structuring Buying Options for Wholesale Books

2nd Print Run: Print-on-Demand vs Domestic vs Overseas

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