Who are you targeting with your mailing list?

braden H

@StudioLooong How did you make connections? Do you actually know the people you're connecting with on linkedin, or are you simply sending out connection requests?

Forgive my ignorance this is all very new to me :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat:

StudioLooong

@Braden-Hallett no, mostly just people I went to college with, worked with, or talked with at conferences. Im connected to less than 300 people. Maybe being a graphic designer helps because a lot of my professional connections may know someone who's a designer in publishing who would be connected with more people in publishing? I wouldn't call myself a linkedin expert either...

lmrush

@StudioLooong thank you!

Laurasketches

@Braden-Hallett and @StudioLooong THIS is exactly why I come to the forum. Thank you for asking (and responding) to all the right questions. Also, it's helpful to not feel so alone in the journey

braden H

@StudioLooong Cool cool. Looks like linedin is great if you already have connections :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_closed_eyes: I'm gonna have to start that with illustrators I meet.

Maybe we should start a little SVS linkedin circle and branch out

StudioLooong

@Braden-Hallett I'd be happy to connect with you and any other SVS-ers! Hopefully we can all help to expand eachother's networks! https://www.linkedin.com/in/teackerman/

xin li

Hi guys, the mailing list has drove me a bit crazy - it was so hard and time consuming to build up a mailing list with both email and post mail address. It seems like editors do not want to be found. So I reached out to @Braden-Hallett asking for collaboration on building a mailing list together.

Here is what we have got so far. It is not much, it is a start:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rK7HFfCJ0Sbok4_Gt_cT7D3sdCgLDQytbEu5lGnUlQY/edit?usp=sharing

The mailing list is focued on childrens book, YA book, comics and graphic novels (Not so much editorial)

Anyone interested in collaborating on this?

braden H

@StudioLooong Thanks! For anyone interested, here's mine

linkedin.com/in/braden-hallett-5a4169193

@xin-li

I'll be adding to that list as I continue to sleuth away through Canadian indie publishers

StudioLooong

@xin-li wish i could upvote this 10 times!

burvantill

Here is the link to that list of publishers currently accepting submissions.

xin li

@burvantill thank you so much for sharing :-). This is very cool and useful list for those who is writing their own stories.

Perrij

@xin-li Omg Xin I just found this post and THANK YOU for that publisher's list! This is beautiful