They'll also
give you a free copy of their book if you ask for one.
Amazon still allows authors to
give a free copy of their book away in exchange for an honest review, so to kick start your book's life on Amazon, give some books away and ask for reviews.
Give free copies of your book to family and friends, influential people, and anyone who offers to do a book review.
Our Book Donation program helps you accomplish this by informing visitors that you are willing to
give free copies of your book to schools, libraries and other non-profit organizations in exchange for some reviews (when possible).
Also referred to as «early reviewers,» ARC readers are
given a free copy of your book in exchange for leaving an honest book review (typically on Amazon and / or Goodreads) once the book is available for distribution.
A bit later, a user
gave me a free copy of the book so I could read the whole thing.
Not exact matches
I posted that I was
giving away a
free download
of my cartoon
book, nakedpastor 101, and hundreds
of copies were downloaded.
Today Rachel Held Evans is kind to
give away to one
of my readers who wins the draw a
free copy of her
book Evolving in Monkey Town.
Hannah is
giving away two
copies of my
book, Go Dairy
Free (pictured at right), on her blog!
Meat
Free Monday is
giving away five
copies of «The Lunch Line Fight: Looking at Different Perspectives», by Tosca Killoran and Jeff Hoffart — a
book which helps children consider the food they eat as well as other people's opinions.
Disclaimer: The
book was
given to me
free of charge as a promotional
copy by the Canadian distributor
of Chronicle
Books, Greens + Grains» publisher.
Over the past couple
of months I've been enjoying cooking from it and today I'm sharing Debbie's recipe for sriracha hemp noodles, plus
giving away two
free copies of the
book.
For example, you could approach the publisher
of a new
book that aligns with your target audience and see if they'd be happy to offer up a
free copy to
give away as part
of a
book review blog post.
Both look terrific and I'll be reviewing and
giving away a
free copy of each
of these
books in the next few days.
Today I'm pleased to
give TLT readers a chance to win a
free copy of a beautiful new children's
book designed to get young readers excited about cooking, eating and trying new fruits and vegetables.
I'll also be
giving away a
free copy of Jill's new
book, Eat Like a Champion: Performance Nutrition for Your Young Athlete, to one lucky TLT reader.
A little later today I'll share a guest blog post from Robyn McCord O'Brien on this subject, and I'll also be
giving away to Lunch Tray readers three
free copies of Robyn's thought - provoking
book, The Unhealthy Truth.
Tropical Traditions has offered to
give you all a
free copy of their Virgin Coconut Oil
Book if you decide to buy something from their site (minimum purchase $ 16, first time order only).
For a limited time, the Healthy Back Institute is running a very unique promotion and has decided to
GIVE AWAY a certain number
of FREE hard
copies of their best - selling
book, The 7 - Day Back Pain Cure, as a one - time special promotion to get extra publicity.
After he sent me my
free copy, he emailed me to let me know that he also want's to
give all my followers (that's you) a
free copy of the
book!
Donations provided 100
copies of the
book that were tactfully
given to students who took part in the
free lunch program and to others who were randomly selected.
Offering a
free copy of your
book to the right people in exchange for a review can
give an enormous boost to your sales.
So, offer a
free copy of an e
book when its released, or provide those who
give you their email address some kind
of coupons or deal towards the next
book they purchase.
Give - aways
of free paper review
copies on Goodreads and other
book sites are being gamed.
For example, a recent pilot study from the University
of Washington showed that about 25 %
of students who were
given free versions
of digital textbooks still went out and purchased a physical
copy of the same
book.
Giving away
free or selling inexpensive
copies is not expected just because... it's a tactic for getting exposure with the understanding that some
of these
copies will lead to
book reviews, which in turn helps get more exposure and entree into certain marketing programs and options, and which helps prompt actual purchases as many readers are hesitant about buying a
book by an unknown, unreviewed author.
The feature had previously been
free for writers, who could
give away printed
copies only
of their
books through the platform.
For the event, I will be
giving away
free copies of the Tick eBook and two canvas
book totes in a raffle for those who participate during my time slot.
Those files can be used to upload your
book directly to any distributor (if you choose), but you can also use them to
give copies of your
book away for
free, to readers who can read and leave reviews
of your work.
(cont'd)- I'm
giving away hundreds
of listings on the Vault, and as a result
of doing so, won't see one thin dime
of income on the site until October or later -
Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow aut
Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf
of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any
of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for
free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a
free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out
of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share
of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11
of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've
given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow aut
given away far more
copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools
of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part
of the Rise
of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published
book competitions, and I read the * entire *
book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per
book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour
of my time spent reading and commenting In spite
of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage
of my fellow authors.
The author can expect a dozen or more
free copies of the
book to
give to friends and family.
Just like with handing out advance
copies of your print
book, be sure the people you
give a
free download are people who could most help your career and are most likely to enjoy your content.
Why does it even matter when a majority
of authors sell their
books for.99 or
give countless
copies away for
free?
Now maybe
giving out
free paper
copies of books might promote more reading.
By
giving away a
free copy of your
book we can help you virally fill your mailing list with avid fans
As an example, in February
of 2013, I did a
free run for my
book Feels Like the First Time and
gave away 37,000
copies over five days.
These tours typically include a guest post for each blog, some promotional information on the author's upcoming
book title, and even a
give away, either
of free copies, signed
copies,
book paraphernalia, and more.
The second should really help authors in
giving out
free copies of their digital
book for review, with 250 promo codes.
A reminder: every week brings a new chance to win
free books — this week we're
giving away four
copies of Anne Lamott's Imperfect Birds.
Umstead's Ebook
of the Week can be found by clicking here at Smashwords, and readers may enter this code to receive their
free copy at checkout: HF87Y The author is also
giving away several
copies of the first
book in series, Gabriel's Redemption, to new subscribers to his blog.
When a school in Idaho caved to parent pressure and removed Sherman Alexie's Absolutely True Diary
of a Part - Time Indian from the curriculum, two concerned citizens launched a crowdfunding campaign to purchase 350
free copies of the
book, which were distributed with the help
of Reclaimed
Books and high schooler Brady Kissel; the publisher, Hachette,
gave an additional 350
copies of the
book to the cause.
You're going to be
giving away digital
copies of your
book — for
free — to every single
of them.
My
books are all set up to
give a
free copy of the e-book when folks buy the paperback.
During the first 4 months
of my career as an author I
gave away for
free about 1000
copies of my
books.
The main issues have been print
copies, as they require new ISBNs — but I
gave the change a positive spin and did a giveaway
of signed First Editions to my fiction email list (signup and
free book here!)
Giving away
free copies of a
book is a well - known way to generate buzz and reviews.
You could put your
book free for a few days,
give away thousands
of copies, and get a lovely bounce in paid sales when the promotion was over.
Give your list
free copies of your
book before it goes live so they can read it, then send them a message as soon as the
book is live so they can post their reviews.
In addition to all the Google Play home screen widgets and icons, the company
gives users a $ 25 Play credit when they first activate the device and throws in a
free copy of the movie «Transforms: Dark
of the Moon,» along with some sample magazines,
books and songs.
Now publishers don't have to
give away
copies of their
books for
free, they can charge a discounted price instead.