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How to promote your book at christmas
Christmas is the biggest buying holiday of the year and can lead to many more sales for your book. So how do you tap into everyone’s buying mood? How do you make sure they are picking out your books as gifts for their family and friends? Here's how to promote your book at Christmas. Gifts don’t always […]
Watch Willy Nilly on YouTube with Storytime Pup
Exciting news! Our very own Willy Nilly and his first book, The Little Green Boat, is being featured on Children’s Books YouTube channel Storytime Pup. What is Storytime Pup? Storytime Pup is a children's book focused video channel that aims to be both fun and educational. The channel's mascot, the lovable Storytime Pup, reads […]
Nominate a good book at the Goodreads Awards
The Goodreads Awards for 2016 are nearing the pointy end of judging and it’s time for the readers to get involved. Everybody loves a good book, and we’re sure you’ve got something sitting on your bookshelf or bedside table you cannot wait to rave to friends about. Well great news: the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 […]
Who is Adam X?
Old Mate Media is readying the release of a novel for Christmas that science-fiction fans should definitely put on their radar. Adam X is coming! We’ve become well known for our children’s picture books here at Old Mate Media, but it is not the only thing we do. In fact, we’ve also released a cookbook […]
The best free children’s ebook is Willy Nilly’s The Little Green Boat
Looking for the best free children’s eBook available on iTunes? Look no further! It’s the five-star rated The Little Green Boat by Chris Stead. A year ago, we launched our first ever children’s picture book. It was The Little Green Boat, Book 1 of The Wild Imagination of Willy Nilly series. We’ve since released another […]
Old Mate Media book reading at the Kids Gifts and Toys Bazaar
This weekend author Chris Stead will do a children’s book reading to the kids at Newport’s latest children’s festival. There’s nothing quite like doing a children’s book reading. It’s a large reason why I started creating children’s books to begin with. Being able to build something that you can share with your children is awesome. […]
Picture book report: buying and reading habits of parents
The results of our children's picture book survey with parents from across the world are in. Read the full report. At Old Mate Media, we make children’s picture books. And a children’s picture book is bought by a parent or grandparent to read to the little people in their lives. So in order to best deliver our books […]
16 ways children’s ebooks are better than printed books
In the eBooks vs Printed Books debate, you will be surprised by how many ways a good eBook can improve on the traditional reading experience. Don’t be lulled into thinking that an eBook is just a print book in digital form. A good eBook should offer an enhanced experience that makes the most of its […]
eBooks vs Books – parents should give children’s ebooks a try
In the eBooks vs Books debate, no matter whether you call them traditional books, paper books, printed books or real books, the argument remains the same. eBooks vs Books - where do you currently stand? I love reading physical books with my children. It's enjoyable watching them scan through the bookshelf – or more accurately […]
8 reasons why reviewing ebooks is important
Reviewing eBooks only takes a matter of seconds, but so many readers don’t do it and the harm it causes to their favourite authors is immense. In this digital age, the process of product consumption is so fast it’s easy to not associate any real value with the experience. But whatever that experience, you have […]
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