How to Get Started with Author School Visits and Make Your Book Playground Famous

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If you write picture books, chapter books, or middle-grade fiction, you know the challenge: kids read your books, but adults buy them.

So how can you let young readers know about your books? Where can you connect with your readers? By meeting them in person in school classrooms!

In this week's episode, award-winning author Becca Wierwille shares how school visits became her best book marketing strategy and how you can start doing them too.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

How to get your first (and second!) school visit
What to include in your presentation to keep students engaged and coming back for more
How to make it easy for school administrators to say "Yes!" to your visit

School visits are fun! Listen in or read the blog version to discover how you can connect with young readers, positively impact schools, and sell more books.

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Chapters

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. How did you get started doing school visits? (00:02:02)

3. How did you reach out to schools where you didn't have connections? (00:03:21)

4. How do you handle book sales at school visits? (00:09:39)

5. How do you create a school visit that gets repeat invitations? (00:13:19)

6. How have your presentations evolved over time? (00:17:29)

7. How do you choose which part of your book to read? (00:19:45)

8. When is the best time to contact schools? (00:22:42)

9. What should authors prepare before their first school presentation? (00:26:32)

10. How do you approach public, private, and home schools differently? (00:29:35)

11. What should your website include about author visits? (00:35:25)

12. How should you follow up with School visits? (00:41:16)

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