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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
On Amazon a few years ago they used to count a free download as a sale, so when it stopped being free it would stay in the bestseller list, so people would see it. Now, you'd use it more as a taster for your other books. But when it's free people will download everything they see, so your chance of them ever reading it is pretty slim. Plus they won't bother with the description or sample, so if it turns out to be something different to what they imagined it might be they will moan about it.
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That's a good point to remember, that books downloaded for free probably don't have the best chance - or urgency - of being read.
I do, however, remember when members (including myself) downloaded ANYTHING that was free. (This was back in the days of the Sony 500.) I'm now more discriminating about what I download. I like to think most people are, but I do feel you're right about the chances of one's book being read are much slimmer than if the book was not free.