Review: Gets you thinking about free
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 6, 2013
As an author, I always feel some trepidation when I put a book out there for free. Unlike the author's experience, some of my worst reviews have come from people who downloaded my book for free. There are a lot of people out there who get there jollies from tearing a book apart. Sad! but true.What I really like about the book is the perspective it offers on free, comparing it to MP3's and piracy in the music business. Free is a fact of life. As an author, you can choose not to play the KDP free game, but if you do, you probably won't get as many sales.It's a Catch 22. To sell books, you need to get reviews. To get reviews, you need to get people to read your book. The author says that from his experience, one in three hundred people leave a review. My experience is more like one in eight hundred to a thousand. I don't know about you, but even my best selling books would only get one review every four months without the power of free.The other thing the author talks about is the diffusion of sales. because Amazon has leveled the playing field, and allowed so many people to put new books out there, readers have more choices than ever. The end result is that even the best books will sell fewer copies.Free is a fact of life. The key takeaway is: How will you adjust your business to take advantage of it.Also, I liked comments from the reviewer who said he does book promotions on Fiverr. Maybe he could write an eBook that would go into more detail on Facebook and Kindle promotion for Kindle authors.