No, I am not lying
about a free book offer.
Please let people know
about this free book offer on your blog, or by Tweeting this post or sharing it on Facebook.
Finally, feel free to let people know
about this free book offer on your blog, or by Tweeting this post or sharing it on Facebook.
Don't worry, I will still tell
you about free book offers on the Amazon and other sites as well as send out a tip or two...
Not exact matches
I
offer a
free 15 minute evaluation so I can get to know the specifics
about your little one's situation, so
book a call now and we can move forward as soon as you're ready to get your little one sleeping through the night!
That comes amid a growing number of horror stories
about people being stuck in packed, non-air-conditioned trains — and the MTA responding by
offering free books in subway stations or nixing recorded explanations for train delays with live updates from MTA staffers on trains.
This
book includes detailed information
about the potentially negative effects of wheat and
offers guidance on how to get started with a wheat
free diet.
This
book aims to dispel the myths
about cholesterol and heart disease, while
offering a drug -
free approach to prevent heart disease.
I got a
free consultation from a lawyer
about a contract I was being
offered by a publisher and he gave me two key pieces of advice: an audit clause means they have nothing to hide and allows you as an author to play IRS and look at their
books if you think you're being cheated (an expensive process, but a good publisher wouldn't be afraid of you using it) and believe their BBB rating if they have one.
Twilight Times
Books is
offering Book Reviewers Talk
about their Craft, Mayra Calvani, editor, as a
free download during Read an E-
Book Week.
Dismayed by the effectiveness of its own
offering, Amazon handicapped
free books, making it
about ten times as hard for them to build pairings with other
books for long - term sales promotion.
Then, when someone else overhears you talking and asks
about your
book, go to your car and get one of the copies you keep there and either sell it to them with your personal credit card reader or
offer it
free in exchange for a review when they are done.
I've found some gems in the
free stacks... a lot of times I'll see a
book offered for
free because the author's like... 10th
book is
about to release, so they'll put their first release on sale to draw new readers in... I'm a total sucker then, because then I'll buy that author's entire back log.
Yes, that makes sense
about how an author who
offers a
free book can seem like they're reaching out to their readers more.
(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 authors.
Authors can do this too; many authors do
book trailers, but have you ever thought
about offering your audiobook for
free on YouTube as a giveaway?
Offer the first title in the series as a
free giveaway to promote the
book about to launch.
As for another large group of people who have not paid to read eBooks, there is probably a large percentage of them who have downloaded legally «
free» copies... like ones you have written
about in some of your 4456 posts — not only from independent current authors, but from the huge quantity of public domain
books offered on large sites like ProjectGutenberg.org — many of which come pre-loaded on some eBook reading devices.
Which leads me to my own beef
about Scribd (and every other site that
offers books, or
book excerpts, for
free.
I don't think there's anything scammy
about offering a reader a
free book in exchange for an honest review.
Free Comic
Book Day 2014 is still quite some time away, but Marvel Comics has already begun releasing details
about its May 3, 2014
offering.
While Amazon is cracking down on the
free book offers by websites, that doesn't mean there aren't some
books that are practically
free... how
about one for one penny?
There's nowhere to see anything
about free books; it seems like they used to
offer that service, but quit in 2012, in favor of traveling
book fairs.
Here at EWritingService.com we
offer free revisions, so you never need to worry
about paying for changes that need to be made to your
book.
I should make a disclosure here - I've written a
book about writing competitions, and I run a site (Cathy's Comps and Calls) that lists ONLY
FREE wrting competitions, and none from the places I know to be dodgy (i.e.
offering all entrants publication in an expensive anthology).
Greetings, Thank you for your
offer to send info
about free Christian
books.
Though I am willing to
offer my
books for
free, from time to time, to encourage people to look at them who wouldn't otherwise, as a general rule, I do not want my
books priced below the $ 3 mark, which is the point at which it seems Kindle buyers will purchase a
book without considering what it is
about.
Dovetailing nicely with our story today
about a publisher which re-puroposes journalists» blogs into
books, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University has published a
free report entitled «Writing the
Book» (PDF download), which
offers more than 30 essays that examine different aspects of e-publishing.
When I published Connected back in June 2012, I knew nothing
about book marketing but decided to try Amazon's KDP Select programme and
offer my brand new
book free for its first 5 days.
Gina's website
offers information
about her
books and online courses,
free ebooks,
book excerpts, a monthly newsletter, a blog, and audio and video recordings: http://www.RadicalHappiness.com
If you're just starting to think
about promoting your
book, check out the invaluable
free information
offered here to help you.
For the
free Kindle
book offers I tell you
about on sites other than Amazon, give them a look and a chance: there are many other platforms for your Kindle entertainment value than Amazon!
How do you feel
about the
free borrowing feature
offered by Amazon to their Prime members for their Kindle
books?
I usually get these kind of emails
about a particular
book several days after I posted
about it: in other words, the person missed the
free book offer on a particular day.
However, I'd forgotten
about library distribution, so it's possible I'll eventually upload a version to Smashwords just for that purpose, or so I can
offer coupon codes to reviewers (because Smashwords has a storefront that lets you give out coupons for
free books).
Chances are — Amazon thought long and hard
about how to set things up so that the
free kindle
books offered by authors turn into a random reward situation and also get people visiting Amazon more and more.
A one - page sell sheet is
free of marketing language; it simply
offers quick and concise facts
about your
book.
For instance, rather than just sending out a tweet
about your
book,
offer to gift a
free copy of the
book to the first five people who email you the last word found in the sample chapter.
Readers can also learn more
about my
book on its companion blog, The Web - Savvy Writer which also
offers articles, tips, and lots of
free content of interest to authors.
I
offer new clients a
free 20 - minute initial phone call, so I can learn more
about your
book and your marketing challenges and goals.
Would a company that worries
about the color and size of the «Buy» button leave a huge Amazon.com traffic source like
free kindle
book offers unoptimized?
«My
books being
offered DRM
free doesn't change how I feel
about copyright.
I have also received some pointed notes from a smaller number of people who are insistent I revert back to the way things were and have been pretty blunt I only tell them
about free Kindle
book offerings on Amazon.
As I said in prior posts, I can only continue to tell you
about free Kindle
book offerings if the
free to paid download ratio stays below 80 % — in other words, for every four
books you get for
free I would like for you to consider buying just one
book.
You never know what Jon is going to post
about from day - to - day: one day there are a few
free book offers, the next it's an interview with someone, or a general post
about the eBook or publishing industry.
So, I thought the best thing to do for Read an eBook week is to tell you
about a
free book, and to put my money where my mouth is and
offer one of my
books for
free: Kindle Mobile - Friendly Websites.
When I started this blog, I had a few «how - to» tips and I would post
about the one or two Kindle
books that were being
offered for
free that particular day on the Amazon website (compare that to the 1,000 or so new Kindle
books that are
offered for
free each day now).
That's all I had for today... as long as the
free to paid ratio for Kindle
books stays below 80 % I'll keep telling you
about free Kindle
book offers, but hopefully many of you will take a look at some of the paid
offerings I'm telling you
about as there are quite a few good ones!
If I have posted
about one of your
free book offers over the past year I still have your email address — look for an email from me later this week on the specifics.
In my experience, it has been a gift to discover a lot of lesser known authors by grabbing a
free offering, and if I enjoy the
book I am not shy
about paying for future
books.