On October 20th, 2011 Irene Watson and Victor R. Volkman spoke with childrens author and publisher Karl Beckstrand. Since 2004 he has run his own publishing company Premio Publishing and a Spanish language imprint Gozo Booksproducing captivating stories, ads, and scripts. Beckstrand has experience in high tech, TV/radio broadcasting, film, and public policy. Karl shared with us key points on writing and producing childrens activity books, including:
How do you market activity books?How do you distribute them?Do parents/educators prefer physical books for kids?Why activity books/Why not just picture story books?What kinds of activities engage children?Are activities with adults more beneficial?Bilingual books