[2024 Review #1] My first note was just an article about Kindle publishing 🤣

[Well, the "starting point" is what matters, right?]

Thank you for finding this article 😊

This time, as the title suggests, I'm going to do a 2024 review.
I'd like to touch upon what I "did" for Kindle publishing again 😊

"Looking back" is interesting, and you have discoveries like, "Oh, I was like that..." ✨

I'd like to look at myself objectively and keep making snarky comments (lol)

[August 3, 2024, note debut]

Um, excuse me.
I'm sorry to dampen the mood right from the start, but I don't think you should have started with "promotion," past Natsume-shi.

I probably didn't know about the "self-introduction" article, and I just wanted to write something, so I ended up doing it suddenly.

I hope you can look at it with warm eyes, knowing I was desperate to have people read my work once I created a picture book or a book.

...Now that I only have AI draw pictures, do you think people will say, "Natsume-shi, you could draw? You were doing Kindle publishing!?" (lol)

Even if I could draw, my pictures are just these surreal ones.
I wanted to make a gag picture book, not a gag manga, so I published it on Kindle (lol)
It's actually quite popular with my niece, but I guess we have the same "laugh threshold" 😊

This story is about a group of "comical" chickens and what happens to everyone after a sudden turn of events involving one "strange chicken?" 😊

Um, the reason the price is high is because I also created a "paperback" version. If it were just an e-book, I could offer it for less, but since it's a picture book, I really wanted people to read it in paperback too.

If you're interested, I'd be happy if you could at least read the sample 😊

When I first started, it was an introductory article for other Kindle picture books I published.
If I skip ahead and introduce them quickly, they are definitely heavy on the entertainment side (lol).

"I, Former Hero" is a story about a hero who is reincarnated as a cat.
Can he get along with the resident cat... or not??

"What's Your Name, Nyan?" is sci-fi.
This is a picture book that I want you to read once, and then read a second time while being conscious of who is saying "What's your name, nyan?"

[Finally, an introduction to Canva and some supplementary knowledge on Kindle publishing?]

Um, I thought Kindle publishing ended with just publishing... but apparently that's not the case.
This article was about using Canva to create images to promote Kindle publishing as an article.
Regarding Kindle publishing,

"A+ Content"

Are you aware that such a thing exists?

This is content that allows you to post images and text as a 'product description' on your sales page It is a convenient feature that lets you promote what your product is, or link to your other products by saying, 'I have other products like this too!' ✨

*This can be set from your own Kindle account page after publishing.

🌟Sales Page

You can post 'A+ Content' on this sales page.
For example.

1. Image + Introduction text

2. Image + Links to other products

*Actually, I also publish 'light novels' 💦
It's the 'Reincarnated Beast Girl Letty Poivrot' series 😊
Well, since the text is in the first person of the protagonist, 'Letty Poivrot,' it's an isekai reincarnation love? comedy light novel where she is constantly talking to herself and doing her own straight-man/funny-man routine.

It is still unfinished, with volumes 1-8 in the [Childhood Arc] and volumes 9-11 in the [Academy Arc] (lol)
The covers are a mix of hand-drawn and Canva designs 😊
The writing is far too amateur for you all on Noter to read, but if you are interested in the atmosphere or the fluffy comedy, I would be very happy if you checked it out 😊

3. Image + Detailed comments on other products (no links)

There are various other forms as well, so there is no reason not to use this. If anyone reading this article didn't know about it, I highly recommend it.

However, to use features like this, you still need 'pictures' and 'images'.
That's why I needed Canva.
The 'image sizes' to embed in the various forms of this 'A+ Content' vary, so there is actually work involved, such as creating thumbnail sizes in Canva to match those dimensions, and then adjusting the Kindle picture book covers to fit those thumbnails...

Honestly, Kindle publishing is not easy 😂

But it became my own asset, with the feeling of 'Oh, I made my own book' and 'I published it' ✨

And all of this is thanks to Canva.

[The 'This is Canva!' series begins]

This article is about how I made a bear icon using only Canva materials before I got into AI, and it's my first time sharing information like 'I did it this way' and 'What do you think!?', so the content is quite fresh 😊💦

At this point, I was still in a phase where I didn't want to touch AI or AI image generation (lol). To start something new, you really need courage and 'interest' for it to last.
I remember that at the time, I only thought of AI image generation as 'Hmm, it can make pretty pictures, huh' (lol).

That's how it goes, isn't it?
ChatGPT, huh? Canva, huh? Convenient? Hmm (´_ゝ｀)
That's fine ✨
At first, that was me too.

It is enough if you just know that such things exist.

And then, someday, it suddenly comes down to you!

"Do AI image generation!"

This is an exaggeration, but there must be some kind of trigger.
I think that's because it's "something that person is meant to do," which is why that opportunity is given to them.

So, there's no need to force yourself to do it (´_ゝ｀)✨
I think that those who are meant to do it will eventually reach a path where they have no choice but to do it, that is what I... think (lol)

[Finally, an 'Introduction' (lol)]

I have been making small edits since then to keep it up to date.
I still haven't settled on my own "form" yet (´_ゝ｀)
This is also a challenge 🤣

[Thoughts]

Wow, looking back like this brings back a lot of memories～(*´▽｀*)
I realized that this summer was my first note debut...
I thought it was also good to be able to explain things in more detail while looking back.
This time I wrote about "+A content" for Kindle publishing, but I'm doing things like this too.
Showing this kind of "behind the scenes" might be good too (*´▽｀*)

Thank you for reading this far～(*´▽｀*)
See you next time～✨