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Originally Posted by Worldwalker
Just throwing this in: is the same story going to appeal all across that age range? Children 6 years old are generally new readers, in early elementary school, and pretty much dependent on their parents for everything. By 12, they're in junior high, unlikely to be having bedtime stories read to them, and their choice in books runs more to Harry Potter or Eclipse. So my suggestion, helpful or otherwise, would be to really closely examine that age range, and books already sold for that age range, and see if you should be focusing on one part of it.
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Originally Posted by jbcohen
Well I have a young son, 6 or so, who I read to all of the time and I must say that at this point I have no intentions of getting him a reader as yet, he needs to develop an understanding of the desktop PC that we have at this point before I will go further with him.
The best advice that I can give is from a technological stand point:
1) make the books available to all customers in epub format and Kindle format, Kindle's cant read the same format as everyone else;
2) Try looking for a cheap way to sell the books via your own web site, I believe homestead.com will sell you that service, but at what price?
Other than that you will need to look for some way to self publish your novel via Amazon and/or Barns and Nobles.
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Thanks Worldwalker & jbcohen. Your advice was extremely helpful. I figured as much that more than likely a parent wouldn't purchase a child within that age range an eReader. I do have my eBook in the formats that both of you suggested. I think my biggest obstacles I may have to overcome are how to market it and who is my target audience. Reading your advice jb, I'm thinking that parents are my target audience and those are the ones I would have to market to. Worldwalker what an interesting idea to expand my novel (longer) to appeal to an older audience. Thanks guys, you all have been most helpful.
