Six easy tips to improve your writing career in 2020 The new year is always a time for planning and renewal. An opportunity to start fresh. With that in mind,…
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Celebrating Christmas Books – 12 Books of Christmas 2019 What fun it has been celebrating 12 fantastic independently authored Christmas books. I love the diversity of styles and stories in…
My Birthday Cake Gets a New Home in Print We’re very excited to share that we are launching new paperback edition and updated digital editions of one of our cutest…
Does a Kindle Countdown Promotion Deliver a Rankings Boost? What happens when you use a kindle countdown promotion rather than the free days in KDP Select? We tested it out…
Book Marketing Basics for Indie Authors Enjoy a quick snapshot into Book Marketing with this webinar I ran for April Cox’s author workgroup. Marketing your book can feel incredibly overwhelming….
New Tool: How to use Booko To Help Your Indie Author Career Today I discovered a new website called Booko that shows where your books are on sale. I’ll take…
Case Study: Running a Free Book Promotion on Amazon Many authors run use a free book promotion as an effective tool to market and promote their book. How do you…
10 Essential Book Cover Tips for Indie Authors Every book needs a cover and in a world where a million books are created every day, your book cover needs to…
2018 By Numbers for Old Mate Media 2018 was a big year for us here at Old Mate Media. We discovered pretty early on that it was going to be...
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Controversy at the IngramSpark Indie Publishing Forum At the Indie Publishing Forum in Sydney, Australia, Robyn Cutler – the head of IngramSpark – said something quite controversial. But it provided…
