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Originally Posted by Lima Bean
If I pay money for a book, I almost always finish it, regardless of the genre Freebies are a different story. If I open a freebie at all, the completion rate is probably 20-30%. As a self-published author who occasionally gives away free books myself, it's kind of disheartening. But at least I know what I'm up against it. People are less likely to appreciate something they don't have to pay for! Makes me wonder if the study included free books.
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I doubt it--they put out another study a while back and said that less than 1 percent of the freebies are read. I need to find that study again because I can't remember all the stats.
I sample probably 80 percent of the freebies I download. I finish about 10 percent or less of those.