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danskmacabre · 03-04-2013, 09:29 PM

100 to 1 sounds about right to me.

In my case tho, once I DO actually buy a book from an author. I'm VERY likely to buy more.

I downloaded for free a Tabletop Roleplaying game in PDF format which included 95% of the full content.
I liked it so much I bought a hardcopy on print on demand (and I got the full PDF for free).
It would have been VERY unlikely I would have bought anything from him if I didn't get a freebie first to check out the quality.
Since then I have bought a support PDF supplement and this week will order another of his works in hardcopy format (and I get a free PDF of the same as well).

So whilst 100 to 1 doesn't sound like much, if you offer a freebie like the first book for free or a partial free download, If someone actually DOES buy your material, they are very likely to buy more of your stuff.

03-04-2013, 09:29 PM	#37
danskmacabre Guru Posts: 733 Karma: 3593438 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Glo. Galaxy Tab S 8.4	100 to 1 sounds about right to me. In my case tho, once I DO actually buy a book from an author. I'm VERY likely to buy more. I downloaded for free a Tabletop Roleplaying game in PDF format which included 95% of the full content. I liked it so much I bought a hardcopy on print on demand (and I got the full PDF for free). It would have been VERY unlikely I would have bought anything from him if I didn't get a freebie first to check out the quality. Since then I have bought a support PDF supplement and this week will order another of his works in hardcopy format (and I get a free PDF of the same as well). So whilst 100 to 1 doesn't sound like much, if you offer a freebie like the first book for free or a partial free download, If someone actually DOES buy your material, they are very likely to buy more of your stuff. Last edited by danskmacabre; 03-04-2013 at 11:05 PM.