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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
What are your Amazon sales like? Do you think they have been affected by having it free everywhere else?
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Not really. I actually hope people will look elsewhere and find the book for free. If they pay, then I certainly don't expect them to donate. It's frustrating that Smashwords and Amazon don't have their act together yet.
Sales on Amazon BTW: 1 unit. Confirmed downloads elsewhere: >1000 units on Smashwords alone.
I can't get numbers from Barnes and Noble, but the reviews previously outstripped the reviews on Smashwords by 12:1. I'm assuming I have more downloads on B&N that I can't account for.
And I know I'm getting downloads through Apple and other distribution channels.
Ironically, I've been told many times that because the book is free, it will probably hurt sales, but then the Amazon version is recent so perhaps there's not enough time for others to pick it up yet.
Giggleton:
1% isn't too bad at all and I am happy with that, but it's a low 1% at that. You are right. The technology is not yet at the point where I can use it to support the sales. Since it doesn't benefit the ebook manufacturers, I don't know if they'd support it either. I suppose it would benefit them if they did, at least a little.
I am seriously thinking of relisting it on Smashwords as a "Special Edition" with a .99 charge so people can buy the "paid" version to make a simple donation.
But I don't plan on taking the free version offline. In any event, it's pretty widely distributed and redistributed by the free book sites and the license with the book allows non-commercial redistribution.
Regards
David