Terms
1. What this site is
MyBookIllustrator is a directory of children’s books, authors, and illustrators. It is not a publisher, an agency, or a seller of the books listed, and it does not take a commission on any sale.
The paid custom-book package previously offered on this site has been retired. No book-production work is sold here, and these terms no longer describe a production, deposit, revision, or delivery service.
2. Listings and author responsibility
You may submit a book only if you are at least 18 and hold the rights to publish everything you send: the title, summary, cover image, author name, and any link. Submissions are checked automatically for unsafe content, and cover images are re-encoded to strip metadata before publication. Nothing is edited for style, and no listing is ranked or promoted in exchange for payment.
Listings appear as submitted. MyBookIllustrator does not verify authorship, ownership, publication status, image rights, or the accuracy of any claim in a listing. A listing is information from its author, not a statement by this site.
3. Automated Author Showcase
The Author Showcase is an automated community-listing service. A submission includes one book-cover image and may include one author photo. The submitter must be at least 18, provide accurate information, and own or have permission to publicly display every submitted name, title, summary, biography, image, likeness, logo, and link. An author photo may show only a consenting adult. Do not upload a photograph of a child in either image; illustrated children on a book cover are permitted. The submitter must also exclude a child’s private information and consent to automatic public posting after email verification.
By submitting, the author grants MyBookIllustrator a limited, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, revocable license to store, sanitize, resize, format, reproduce, and publicly display the submitted public fields and processed image derivatives solely to operate the Author Showcase and its public listing feed. The author keeps ownership of the submitted material and may end this display license by removing the listing through the private management link, subject to brief technical backup retention and any legal preservation need.
Listings are posted automatically from information supplied by submitters. MyBookIllustrator does not independently verify identity, authorship, ownership, image rights, a pictured adult’s consent, publication status, accuracy, claims, or external links, and a listing is not an endorsement. Verification proves control of the submitted email address only. MyBookIllustrator may reject, hide, or remove a listing, image, or link at any time for suspected spam, impersonation, deception, unsafe or unlawful material, rights complaints, child-privacy concerns, technical risk, or violation of these terms. The submitter remains responsible for the listing, its images, and any destination it links to.
4. Removal, portfolio, and questions
A listing can be removed at any time through the private management link emailed to its author. Client work is displayed in a portfolio only with client permission or as otherwise agreed in writing. Questions about these terms or a project may be sent to tobymikle@gmail.com.
Illustrator listings
Illustrators may share their own public profile, portfolio link, and artwork using the same creator-led verification and private-management model. The rights, adult-submitter, accuracy, and removal rules above also apply to these profiles. The creator keeps ownership of their work and grants permission for its display in this directory while their listing is published.
Free features and directory order
Eligible public listings may appear in automatic rotating features at no charge. Featuring is not an endorsement or a promise of exposure. Placement, discovery, and sorting can change as the community grows; no permanent position or priority is promised.
Reports and review
Ordinary verified submissions and normal edits publish automatically. Unconfirmed reports do not automatically hide listings. A report matching material previously confirmed as a serious violation can trigger a temporary hold; the owner can review, restore, or remove flagged content. Restored records retain their original submission dates.