Commissioner Insights : How to Pitch Your Illustrated Picture Book Members
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Become a Member Already a member? Log inNavigating the world of publishing and putting your work out there can feel daunting, but promoting your work and pitching your ideas is an essential part of building a career as a freelance illustrator.
With valuable contributions from Flying Eye Books, Post Wave Publishing, DK Publishing and Darley Anderson Literary Agents, we break down the essentials you need to know when presenting your picture book idea to publishers, as well as tips on how to put your idea forward most effectively, so you can give your picture book idea its best chance for success.
Continue with Part 2 here which follows on from our recent AOI Discusses event on the same topic.
Do you accept pitches from Author-Illustrators, or only from Agents?
Flying Eye: We love receiving pitches from Author-Illustrators! That has always been the core of our list. We have a whole section on our website on submissions with notes on what we are looking for. We also accept submissions from agents.
Post Wave: Yes! We currently have open submissions, meaning anyone, whether represented by an agent or not, is welcome to send their work to us.
DK Publishing: Yes, we do! Like most publishers, we have a limited number of picture books we can publish each year. The time and commitment we want to give to the Author-Illustrators we already publish is one of the reasons we can only take on a very small number from the submissions from both agented and unagented creators but we are always excited to see new work.
What does a publisher need to see from a submission?
