I've watched so many other videos on how to get started with children's books, but I always came back to you. You're very likable and not pompous or giving off the "Look at me and what I accomplished, aren't I grand?" vibe. I'm in. Thank you.

I have to say that I was not expecting that bit of humour at the first. "What is a dummy book? Is it just stupid?" Very pythonesque. Brilliant! Thank you for that one, and this video of course. Even if you're saying something I already know you have one of those rare qualities of presentation that pleasantly remind, when not teaching. So I would guess, teaching when teaching? 😁

Jules, I am working on my very first children’s book (or any book!) at the age of 46! I wanted to let you know that you have been a huge blessing to me! Your wonderful tutorials and positive, upbeat attitude have been priceless! May God continue to bless you! Thank you so much!

I appreciate your content. I've been wanting to make a children's book for a while but never had the tools, until now. Thank you. I've subscribed! 🙌

Thank you. You explain so good the dummy book. I have not idea that way to create a story

Thank you! ❤ I’m going to finally write the children’s books I have been dreaming of

Jules You are amazing. Your knowledge and your great personality are a real win win. Thank you for sharing such a high quality video’s. ❤❤❤🎉

Great idea! I made the mistake of drawing all the animals, kids, trees etc and water colored them. Then I cut each one out leaving white paper around them. Then slipped then into the pages in a Keynote (PowerPoint) on my MacBook Pro. It all looked great and put the pages up on Amazon KDP. When it was published I had made transparencies for some of the images but the ones where I cut out without transparacies had lines where it was cut. I ended up hiring somewhere on Fiverr to erase them! I don’t have pho shop or illustrated so couldn’t do it myself.

Oh boy!! This video truly takes us there. Now I know why my page layouts didn't work out. You're a "Jules".

Wow, super-thank you for this! I’m at the exact stage of finishing the story/text and was wondering about how to go about this part (I illustrate). So helpfull 👍🏻🙂

This is so helpful, thank you for sharing your knowledge!

You could do it in adobe indesign and then export it in epub format or pdf and view on your devices. So there is no need for printing anything. Saves you time, and you can access it anytime.

Love this very helpful

Dont you feel so proud when you make your dummy book. When you did I was thinking Wow what an achievement. Im so proud of you. Thank you

Thank you! This is so helpful

Thank you Jules, this was great info.🤗🤣🤗🤣

i love your content Jules, God bless and more inspiration in times to come!

This is fabulous. So practical. Thank you.

okay, since I just learning this is a good place to start. What is the paper for the layout? It looks see through.

Hi, Jules, I really enjoyed your video, it was very clear and fun. But I do have one question. For the final dummy book, what do you do about the copyright page before you send it to the publisher? I can't find any answers.

Hi Jules, this is very helpful. Thank you. I was wondering if you incorporate bleeds and margins at this stage or not worry about that until the final artwork? I’m a bit confused if I should be making my dummy the actual size or larger to incorporate bleeds? Many thanks x

I so enjoyed this, thank you! However I want to learn how to make a childrens story ready to upload to KDP Amazon?

This is great thanks Jules 👍 how important is the "setting" in a picture book story? And do you have to be consistent about it throughout the story?

Why would you send it out to print/copied like a regular book..

Hi Jules, Question: What number of pencil is best to use when drawing the dummy thumbnails?

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So the book you show at the end is that the first copy you send to your agent or do you send the pencil sketch one?

Thanks for your helpful videos, especially this one. I have a question about the number of pages in the dummy book and thumbnail. Earlier in the video, you mentioned that you do a thumbnail with a single page at beginning and end, with 12 double page spreads inbetween. This brings it up to 26 pages in total. Is this because you need to leave about 6 pages blank for the copyright and other info, which gets included when the book is published? Should these blank pages be included in the dummy book or is there no need to include them at this stage?

This is soooo helpful! Thank you for making these informative (and entertaining) videos. Random thought, my hands/fingers and your hands/fingers look very similar! How odd! :)

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Hi there! If I’m not planning to be the illustrator is it still a good idea to make a dummy book?

I have an almost complete picture book but is it a good idea to send photocopies o'f complete drawings? Is it better to send a redrawn rough dummy book instead? Is there a possibility publishers could plagiarise ideas and give them to established authors? Thank you.

Thank you for this! Can I do a colour dummy book or is black & white better?

Hi Jules, I wonder if I could ask your advice please? My dummy book is too short to fit into the standard 32 page layout. Is it better to submit a 24 page layout which works perfectly with my story, or should I do the standard 32 pages which will mean a load of blank pages at the end of the story? I can't seem to find answers on this by searching. Thank you! 🙂