Usually when I do an Amazon Kindle free day, it's when the book has been out awhile. In this case, I am trying something different to see how that works for a book that was only published Monday.
I am still debating the value of these free days. There is one huge plus-- they do get the books out there. The first one I did over two days got 1250 takers; the second one, as a one day, 1100. There is a satisfaction in that at least someone might be reading them-- although when something is free, who knows for sure if they do get read.
The concern I have about it is-- might it get to a point where readers only want free days and they wait for them? Still, where I am an unknown writer, haven't been publishing very long-- as in just since the middle of December-- my best hope is to get people to see the books and find they like a form of story they hadn't tried. If they do, with eventually ten of these contemporaries, I have a lot more to offer.
This one is Evening Star and for February 16th, a free download for your Kindle or computer with a free Kindle app. Click on the link above or the one alongside this blog and be sure the price is correct ($.00) before hitting purchase. Amazon has been good at this but always check the price just in case something didn't go through properly.
There are now six on Amazon with four to go which I plan will be one a month as I look at more ways to help readers find them.
3 comments:
I think the following line from this post covers the main reason for me to get a free book from an author I am not familiar with: "to get people to see the books and find they like a form of story they hadn't tried".
In your case I knew you so I've bought the books as they came out but I will admit that after reading the first one, I was surprised that I really did enjoy reading a "romance" story. As you say, they are a different style of romance from what I thought the genre is like. I don't know how many ended up getting "Evening Star" on your free offer day but there are at least 2250 out there reading the previous ones and I'll be many will come back for more. You are keeping the price reasonable for ebooks so should sell quite a few.
Your support has meant a lot to me, Dick. You and Parapluie have been so good to do reviews, to encourage me. This is a lonely business trying to figure out how to get books to be seen especially where a lot of people have a built-in prejudice against this general format. Your saying what you did in your review of 'Desert Inferno' was especially good were it let other readers understand there are many types of romance books. :)
For me to learn how to talk about my books has taken a lot of thinking and learning as I didn't start out really phrasing things right. I hadn't been one to talk much about writing. I just did it. Putting them out on Kindle has required my learning how to talk about them and it's taking time.
and over a thousand also took a free copy of Evening Star. A few hundred of those from Europe. It's quite an interesting world as I learn more about it.
Post a Comment