At 18 months, your child will begin to have the patience for «
real» story - time, cuddled up on your lap with a
pile of books.
Anything that is porn doesn't count — we're talking about writing, not jerking off on a page, which has always had different «marketing» attached to it — and those
real books that have gained a mainstream audience have done so specifically because they were eventually traditionally published, i.e. pulled out
of the self - publishing slush
pile.