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Originally Posted by Gregg Bell
Thanks Vincent. I went to your author page and saw that that free book had a lot of reviews, which is great. So you seem really happy with that free book as a loss leader. So did that book being continuously free lead to a lot of sales of the paperback version of the book or your other books? (P.S. I liked your author page--very nice.)
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I see the free book as my best marketing tool, and the only thing that I can point to actually working. Before it went free I sold like 2 books, maybe three. After it went free, well suffice to say I am now making a profit selling books, enough to pay my editor and cover artist. Oh, and I bought my wife an iPhone with profits.
Not huge dollars, but I am getting there.
All I know is that it seems to be working for me. I decided to go this route after reviewing what other successful indies did. I am not blazing new ground, just following along where the success have walked. I am still working the plan, and have a ways to go yet. I made some mistakes early on that hurt me and slowed me down, but eh, I carry on.