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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
interesting idea. perhaps they should consider offering their book for free, with the option of paying if the reader enjoys it, like a tip jar or donation (paypal could work for that). that seems a little more straightforward than trying to sell *and* give away the books for free, and less likely to run into conflict with amazon.
if they do this, they could also take advantage of other distribution plateforms, like feedbooks.com for instance, as well as in the mobileread upload forum. feedbooks distributes a lot of books (for free) every day, including to iphone readers via Stanza. and there are a lot of readers here who are very happy to support authors directly and are always happy to find new ones. if they are most interested in exposure these could be quite valuable. if they do that, they should definitely mention the url of the website in the ebook, at the beginning and at the end.
also, i'm very glad to hear you're planning to publish in epub format.  excellent choice. |
We just voted for Richard Herley's book "Refuge" for our book club, and he does the donation thing that Zelda mentions. I downloaded and donated
I like my authors to get paid for their hard work.