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Top tips on planning your author school visit
Author school visits are a fantastic way to promote your children’s or YA book. They can do a lot to build your profile and sell books. But what do you actually do? How to you make it work? We’ve put together some tips to help you create an entertaining and effective author school visit. How […]
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 run one? What do you need to consider and how much does it cost? We take you through the steps and results of our free book promotion for Follow the Breadcrumbs. History of Follow […]
Follow The Breadcrumbs launches in print with a FREE special
Finally it’s here! Follow the Breadcrumbs is now available in print format. We have officially launched our print editions in both hardcover and paperback of this, the second adventure in the Wild Imagination of Willy Nilly series. Where Does Willy Nilly’s Imagination Go This Time? This adventure starts with an ordinary trip to the […]
Five star review for Follow The Breadcrumbs
Old Mate Media is very excited to share some positive news about one of our books. Readers' Favorite has awarded a five star review for Follow The Breadcrumbs. What is Readers' Favorite? Readers' Favorite is one of our favourite (ha ha) review sites. You can find reveiws of all sorts of books on there, from […]
How do I use an Apple Books promo code to get my free book
Apple Books is the digital book reader for iPhones, Macs and iPads. It used to be called iBooks and basically it is the Apple version of the Kindle and Kindle App. Indie Authors frequently distribute Apple Books codes to readers to download and review their books, but how do you get the code to work […]
IngramSpark price increase for self-published authors explained
An IngramSpark price increase has just been announced for the production of all books and this is how it will impact self-published authors. It always sends a sudden down the spine when you see the words “price increase” in the subject of an email. So it was when IngramSpark sent out an email today. […]
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 be outstanding. Bleed, margins, spines, embedding fonts, source files, layers, swatches and CMYK vs RGB are just some of the design terms we throw around every day here at Old Mate Media. If […]
How to convert your children’s book into a children’s book app
If you want to increase your discoverability by one billion Apple iTunes users, we can help convert your children's book into an app. You know what’s really annoying? Apple’s iOS devices, such as the iPad and iPhone, provide the best digital eBook experiences on the market. However, these books are nowhere to be found on […]
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 some juggle. Other than our (Chris and Kate) vital role bringing up three young children - there's a year's work right there - we were also doing a full rebuild of the […]
The best new Christmas book for kids stars Willy Nilly
Old Mate Media’s new release children’s book Christmas Chimney Challenge is available now in print and as an eBook via Amazon Paperback, Amazon Kindle and Apple Books. Willy Nilly has a problem. There is only two days left till Christmas and he has just realised his house does not have a chimney. If he has […]
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