I was invited last minute to sit in on a talk from Chloe at Plum Pudding Illustration Agency, about the Children's Books market and the role that agencies like Plum Pudding play within it. It was also useful to get an insight into other jobs in creative fields and internships that are available.
Notes -
- America / Europe are the biggest children's books market.
- Pricing of books relies on the category it falls into Trade / Value, Quality Mass Market / Gift. The Gift genre is one where the images tend to be crafter alot more labour intensively and so there price of the book is higher to cover production costs.
- Tip for freelance illustrators - don't limit yourself to one room. Take a walk around the block before you start your day, get out in the world and be around people.
- Trade fairs are a good way to see what's out there and recognise the trends.
- TRENDS are huge in children's books industry, last year Pirates and Adventure books.
- In childrens books Publishers are really into punchy colours at the moment.
- Why would you need an agent?
Agents offer support to practitioners who don't feel that they are confident in the world of being published, who need more guidance. - A good way to show someone an idea for a book - Front Cover + Few spreads is enough for publishers to get a feel for the book.
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