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Old 06-16-2011, 03:27 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
The deal with Amazon is that they operate a business and sell your book in exchange for a percentage of the retail price. How would they make a profit from giving away your book free of charge?
Look in the right-hand column. I imagine they still manage to keep their doors open the same way all businesses who give away freebies (or who discount, which is the same thing on a different scale) manage. They draw people into the ecosphere with freebies in hopes that they buy other non-freebies as well.

The platform is still new, but one day Amazon will let indies like ourselves list free. And that won't convert them into a charity.
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