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Old 11-18-2009, 11:19 AM   #1
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Free or Pass?

For several weeks I was offering coupons for my novel Boomerang at a few ebook forums. The response was really nice, and I was pleasantly surprised to see a few dozen actual sales both on Smashwords and Amazon Kindle along with a few hundred free downloads.

My question is this: As an ebook person, do you only check out a new author if his/her work can be gotten for free?

And if so, if you find a writer you like through free offers, are you apt to tell others about your discovery?

Thanks!
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Old 11-18-2009, 12:13 PM   #2
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Hm - I'll generally try out new authors if someone whose taste I trust recommends them, free or not.

And of course, I return the favor by recommending books I think they'll like.

Free is good, but actually, cheap might even be better. Weird, but that's how it is.
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Old 11-18-2009, 12:16 PM   #3
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Hm - I'll generally try out new authors if someone whose taste I trust recommends them, free or not.
A bit of a catch-22 for the author!

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That's good!

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Free is good, but actually, cheap might even be better. Weird, but that's how it is.
That's what my son said. He'll be glad, but not at all surprised, to hear he was right.

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plumboz, you seem to have started three threads on this topic, which is an unnecessary duplication. I'm closing this one, and suggest that people comment in this thread instead:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62595
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