This is where I enter the story, June Ogilvie the owner of Bookmakers Ltd., agent for Jodie McCallum.
When I purchased Bookmakers Ltd. from the late Gayle McNeil, the Agency came complete with a great and very talented group of Children's Book illustrators. They have all produced and continue to produce the best Children's Book illustrations out in the marketplace today.
However, there was a clear need to diversify into other areas, and one of those was the movement to a digital medium. We started to investigate and review the epublishing space, and through our social media efforts, came across an article on Lynette Mattke, CEO of Picpocket Books.
Once we were able to connect and speak to her in person our view of the world changed and the possibilities she discussed became boundless. Once she showed us one of the mobile picture book apps that her firm produced we knew this was the right publisher for us, it was amazing! She was gracious enough to agree to help out a couple of newbies and review any materials we could send her way.
We quickly drew upon the rich content that our own group of illustrators had amassed during their career and settled on a Christmas story, given the time of year and the work's editorial and illustrative completeness.
Thus we submitted "THE FIRST CHRISTMAS" text and illustrations to Picpocket Books for review and the real journey began in earnest!
What a fun ride it has been so far and we hope to go on many more as others submit story ideas, completed illustrations, ideas and concepts.
Stay tuned for more stories from Bookmakers Ltd. and our partners because our talented artists all have great imagination, creativity and TALENT!!!
Next Post - stay tuned for the introduction of Donkey to our social media and marketing efforts
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