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Post by Lily on Aug 24, 2012 12:18:13 GMT -5
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Post by Richard on Aug 24, 2012 12:54:17 GMT -5
Now you'll have to let us know if that generated any sales over the next few weeks.
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Post by Lily on Aug 24, 2012 13:03:54 GMT -5
Will do, Richard. Even now my other titles are selling a few more copies than usual.
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Post by Lily on Aug 25, 2012 15:03:11 GMT -5
Update: Sales continue to improve. I'm impressed! ;D
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Post by Lily on Aug 26, 2012 14:52:23 GMT -5
Update: The book that was free is now selling more copies than before. Don't know quite what triggers that, but I'm certainly not complaining. ;D Whereas the book that is free now, has only seen some 200 downloads in 4 days. Strange how it all works.  |
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Post by Lily on Aug 27, 2012 13:08:12 GMT -5
Update: The second free book offer ends at midnight tonight, and so far it has only had 269 downloads. This is telling me something though: At least in this case, a book of short stories is 4 times more popular than a full length novel! I guess people who are short on time want something shorter to read. Makes sense. Sales continue to increase on all titles, (I have 4 books on Kindle) with the book of short stories, doing the best. I'm offering a third title free starting at midnight. It's a full length novel, so it'll be interesting to see how well it does as compared to the other two. This is fun. I'll keep you posted.  |
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Post by Richard on Aug 27, 2012 13:15:56 GMT -5
Good to hear it is driving attention for your other books.
There are more than 6 billion people on the planet. Giving away a few hundred books isn't going to hurt sales in any way.
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Post by Lily on Aug 28, 2012 12:35:00 GMT -5
The final tally for the second free book: 295. The third book is now up and running. (about 10 hours) with 81 downloads so far. Will keep you informed. |
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Post by Lily on Aug 29, 2012 13:09:46 GMT -5
435 -- Wow, it's even doing better than the first one. And it's only been available free for about 36 hours. 
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Post by Lily on Aug 30, 2012 12:46:41 GMT -5
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Post by Lily on Aug 30, 2012 14:01:08 GMT -5
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Post by Lily on Aug 30, 2012 16:06:15 GMT -5
I would have thought this type of promotion would increase traffic to my website, but it hasn't.
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Post by Lily on Aug 31, 2012 19:39:35 GMT -5
668. It's slowed down a bit. I only put this one on for 4 days, so it's over at midnight tonight.
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Post by Lily on Sept 1, 2012 15:08:37 GMT -5
Update: The book that was free is now selling more copies than before. Don't know quite what triggers that, but I'm certainly not complaining. ;D To answer my own question: I did a little research and realised that if you enable Digital Rights Management, and I did, then those who downloaded the book when it was free, cannot send it around to others. So the increase in sales is due to word-of-mouth advertising, which is the very best kind. |
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