Mailing Publishers/Promos?

[Jeanne.M.Bowman]

@nessillustration Thank you! That is what I thought too, about postcard vs submission. This will be my second mailer, my first one got me my first book deal (out in April! woohoo!) so I thought I might give it another go. I haven't tried an email marketing blast yet. For some reason that seems more daunting to me. I'm glad to hear it went will with you! Your work is really great. The cost really is prohibitive, to do as often as is recommended. I thought I might try one big postcard at the beginning of the year and emails throughout the year just to see which one gets the most response. I just didn't want to bother ADs who didn't want the mail. I wish it wasn't so ambiguous.

[NessIllustration]

@jeanebean I'm so glad to hear the mailing worked out for you, congrats on your first book! So exciting, I hope you show us when it's out!!!

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

Hi! I haven’t sent one myself so I’m not really much help when it comes to these matters but please keep posting your progress. I’d love to know how this will pan out. Thank you so much. I wish you all the best!

[Laurel Aylesworth]

@jeanebean I'm hoping the SVS triumvirate will end up doing a podcast on marketing for illustrators. I've listened to a few other podcasts on illustration and SVS is the best one out there.

[Jeanne.M.Bowman]

@laurel-aylesworth Oh man, me too! That would clear a lot of things up, I'm sure!

[Jeanne.M.Bowman]

@nyrrylcadiz Thank you! I'll shall certainly keep updating!

[Jeanne.M.Bowman]

@nessillustration Thank you! I will make sure to do a post about it and my experience. It was a bit of a mixed bag for me, for sure.

[TwiggyT]

@JeaneBean Your postcards look so nice! I love your swamp monster; it looks like a friendly kappa. Please do let us know how the postcard mailing goes. I was thinking about doing a postcard campaign this year, too, so I'm curious what your experiences will be.

@NessIllustration How do you find out who to email submissions to? Do you simply send a link to your portfolio along with a cover letter?

[NessIllustration]

@twiggyt I find publishers that I like on the web, on social media, in book stores. It's quite easy really and most often I stumble upon them when I'm not even searching, for example an artist I follow on instagram posts a picture of a book they've worked on and mention the name of the publisher. I go to the publisher's website and see if they have specific information on submissions - if they do I follow it to the letter, if not I go to the contact section and send my portfolio with 3-4 JPG attachements. That's pretty much it

[TwiggyT]

@nessillustration Thank you! That's super helpful!