Yes Apple apparently has a better solution.
And I meant to bring this information to everyone sort of as an advanced warning. Of course there are many books in the top 100, 1000 and 5000 that are not free....but I see a trend and it won't be long before there are several hundred or maybe even several thousand free books, and at that point the Independednt authors will get pushed out of the way.
As I said before, I don't care that free books are distributed, I just want the chance to do it myself to get my sales stats lower too....if Independent authors are not allowed, then the free books shouldn't be allowed in the stats sytem. There is (was) no difference for Independent authors and Traditional Publishers as far as uploading and selling Kindle books....meaning the Independents were treated as equals. The actual sales are what mattered. If you can keep up with the sales of the TPs (I do my best) then they have no advantage over you.....but now they do.
Oh and also, my book is indeed in paperback already. I have already run several contests for free signed paperbacks too.
http://www.amazon.com/Mighty-Hammer-...dp/1440486077/
Doesn't sell nearly as well as my Kindle version, but both versions are as low as I can possibly price them in order to get as many readers as possible.
And dadioflex,
My book is usually in the top 50 in the fantasy/epic catgory....Here are my stats at the moment:
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,826 in Kindle Store
Popular in these categories:
#23 in Kindle Store > Kindle Books > Fiction > Genre Fiction > Political
#51 in Kindle Store > Kindle Books > Fantasy > Epic
#83 in Kindle Store > Kindle Books > Fiction > Action & Adventure
#4826 is not fantastic, but it's by no means horrible. It changes every hour though and I fluctuate between #1500 and about #7000 generally.