Who We Are:
Young Authors Publishing is a diverse children's book publisher that exists to share the stories of Black and Brown children. Our two-part mission is to help share more diverse and culturally relevant children's books to our readers and to use book publishing as a self-sufficient pathway for our young authors.
What We Do:
Children do not have books where they see themselves and their experiences reflected. Less than 7% of children's books are written by diverse authors. Young Authors Publishing solves this problem by providing a holistic solution that:
1. Helps children of color write their own children's books with the help of a writing mentor during our Experience Program
2. Professionally publish and distribute their diverse books
3. Direct their book sales to a secured savings account for each young author to use towards their post secondary plans
What We've Done:
Since launching in 2018, we've published 23 books by children of color living in Atlanta GA, and we've hired and trained 10 college interns of color on book publishing. All of our published books are distributed through Ingram Content Group, the largest book distributor in the country.
Why We're Crowdfunding:
We're raising $85,000 to publish ten new books, hire 5 college interns of color, and print 7,500 copies of our books to distribute to our readers globally.
Meet The Team:
The Young Authors Publishing team is uniquely qualified to do this work. We bring education, brand development and innovation to the publishing industry. We were also our own customers and know the challenge of getting your story told and experienced the lack of accurate representation in the books we read growing up.
How You Can Support:
Contribute. By supporting this campaign, you're not only impacting our young authors but helping us diversify the publishing industry through internship programs.
Share. Help us share this campaign with your network through email or social, your voice will go a long way. Here's a folder with text + images to make it easy to share.
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Thank you so much for your support in helping Young Authors Publishing grow into a successful business that promotes diverse and engaging books written by our amazing young authors!
