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As the title asks. I've had an MG story thats been sitting around for a while but the issue with it is that it's long...too long to be told in a standalone book and likely too long to even be contained to simply a trilogy if we are going by the normal size of MG books. In fact, the series would be long enough that it would need to be just that, a series, in the same vein of Animorphs and the like, and an extended series like that is usually not something handed to new authors. Thus, I've been looking into the idea of pursuing self-publishing this particular story, but I have no clue how marketing for self-published MG works. Most children do not have their own computers, and often rely on their parents for any kind of purchasing power....so as a result I can't see a self-published/digital MG book being marketed the same way as a self-published book for the YA and older markets would, due to those being ages where readers start to have their own purchasing power and/or own their own technological devices...
So, the question becomes, how does self-publishing MG even work marketing-wise? I have heard some have been successful at it, but I am not sure how it's done considering the differences between the YA + and MG audiences. Are the self-published MG books marketed to parents rather then to the kids directly? Or am I seriously under-rating the net presence and technology kids have these days?
If anybody has any experience or knowledge on how self-published MG is marketed I'd be grateful!
So, the question becomes, how does self-publishing MG even work marketing-wise? I have heard some have been successful at it, but I am not sure how it's done considering the differences between the YA + and MG audiences. Are the self-published MG books marketed to parents rather then to the kids directly? Or am I seriously under-rating the net presence and technology kids have these days?
If anybody has any experience or knowledge on how self-published MG is marketed I'd be grateful!