Which of you sellers has already published a pattern book?

just out of curiosity, because I just saw it from seller Leomaxi,
which of you has already made a book with patterns?

Leomaxi mentions that with her patterns too
https://www.crazypatterns.net/de/items/1094/e-book-haekelanleitung-hoodie-kapuzenschal-maddie
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My designs are also available in books from Frech Verlag, “Neue Schals, Mützen und Co.” And brand-new in “Die 100 schönsten Häkelideen”.
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I think that's really cool

I'd just really like to know,
because if you then become rich & famous
then I can say:
I know you from Crazypatterns :)

Veronika Hug isn't here on Crazypatterns or active in the forum by any chance, is she?
She makes incredibly beautiful books and great videos on YouTube
you'd really like to say hello sometime
I think Veronika Hug could teach a crochet beginner like me a whole lot
but then again, that's what all her videos on YouTube are for
so thanks for that here and now :)
 

That would be another dream...

Hihi, that’s not how you get rich and famous. But it’s good for your self-confidence when you’re featured in a publication like that. I’m not sure about this specific topic, but other colleagues have talked about it.

I myself received an offer from Topp-Verlag last fall. They really liked some of my crochet projects and reached out to me. But unfortunately, even after two lengthy conversations, I couldn’t figure out what the compensation would be. They wouldn’t even give a rough estimate. First, they wanted me to send photos of the highest quality before they’d say anything about the fee. That seemed too fishy to me, so I ultimately turned it down.

At the public library here in my town, there are tons of books on all kinds of craft techniques
—crochet, knitting, sewing, felting, quilting, patchwork, making friendship bracelets, etc.—
and they’re constantly checked
out, and there are always people
waiting for them, so you have to return them again pretty quickly.
Normally, you can keep books from the public library for four weeks and then renew
them twice for another four weeks each. But with craft books, you can usually forget
about that—you barely take one home before you get another email saying someone else wants the book and has placed a hold on
it, so you have to return
it after four weeks. You really do have to hurry through

it. I mean, sure, there are books you just flip through and that’s enough once you’ve
picked up a tip or two—but especially books with detailed patterns, complicated projects, lots of information, and a lot of passion from the author
—you’d really like to keep
those a little longer, but you really have to buy
them because otherwise it’s pointless.
I’ve been doing it this way for years: I get
most of my books
—and I really do read a lot
—from the public library, and I only buy the ones I absolutely want
to keep. Otherwise, I’d eventually run out of space in my bookcase
—I already have to stack the books horizontally, because there’s no way
I can fit them all standing upright anymore. I don’t usually buy disposable crime novels—you read them once and never look at them again afterward.
I know the public library isn’t everyone’s cup of tea—used books and all that, with other people having had their paws on them and such

—okay, so, back to the topic
—after that long digression—I believe there’s
definitely a big market for craft books. People always say, “Nobody reads on paper
anymore.” Nonsense
—I don’t believe books as such will disappear completely in favor of Kindles and the internet.

So if any of you want
to get involved with craft books, there’s surely still a niche there.

If I wanted
to get involved with craft books, I’d set
up a website and not just put good photos on it, but explanatory texts as well
, and then link
to the website as often as possible. I’d also create
a Facebook page and a Google+ page to go with it, and maybe use Instagram, etc., since you can really make

an impression with pictures there. If I wanted
to publish a craft book, I’d invest
not only in professional photography but also in professional editing
, and, if necessary, collaborate
with a specialist journalist. Specialist journalists are the “link” between experts and laypeople
—they first pepper the experts with questions until they’ve
cleared up their own questions—because only once you’ve cleared up all your own questions can you explain

things properly to laypeople. Good publishers offer these kinds of services on their own initiative,
or they revise the whole thing again

. I’d steer
clear of publishers that demand a printing subsidy; the quality of these works often leaves much to be desired,
because really good works and authors aren’t necessarily dependent
on that kind of thing. So you really need to do your research before you get started

 

Hi,

well, I haven’t published a book, but a few years ago I published embroidery patterns (that’s the field I originally started in) in Lena, and several more in "Kreuzstichmotive".

A wave from Nici

cool, you already have some experience with that :)

look, I had this spontaneous idea
about publishing ebooks or somewhat longer PDFs (they don’t have to be 300 pages)
on Crazypatterns
https://www.crazypatterns.net/de/forum/topic/1310/wer-von-euch-verkaeuferinnen-hat-schon-ein-anleitungsbuch-herausgebracht

That’s actually a great idea—for creators who already offer a lot of individual patterns, maybe putting together a “Best of” collection.

I myself launched my own magazine (as a digital publication) back in 2012, but then had to give up working on it because of my training, which is very time-consuming. I can manage a pattern every now and then, but a whole magazine is impossible for me right now. But as I mentioned before, only embroidery is featured here.

You can find the issues here (just click on the respective year at the top):

http://www.stickcafe.de/stickcafe_magazin/index.php/

Waves, Nici