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I think the free idea is the one that will work for most readers. However, for a writer, it's tough to offer the ebook for free with purchase of paperback because the commissions on most of the paperbacks are...very low. If we price the paperback where most 9 by 6 books are, it's fine because for a 13 to 15 dollar paperback, the author is probably making 2 to 3 dollars. BUT if we priced the paperback under 10 to be competitive with mass market...that means we're making maybe 35 cents. Maybe up to a dollar or so, depending on length of the book, etc.
I suspect most of us authors actually make better money by just selling the ebook.
That doesn't mean I didn't put mine in there, but I have pretty low expectations for the program.
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