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ownedbycats · 11-25-2022, 05:59 AM

A quite common thing I've seen on both Kindle and Kobo (there's an entire section for it!) is for an author to make the first book of a series available for free, presumably to draw readers in and make them want to buy others.

So, what are your thoughts on these? Do you have any you'd particularly recommend?

My thoughts: Personally, I find them a bit of a mixed bag. Not quite Sturgeon's law but not far from it either.

11-25-2022, 05:59 AM	#1
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 11,039 Karma: 75555555 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	What do you think of free series openers? A quite common thing I've seen on both Kindle and Kobo (there's an entire section for it!) is for an author to make the first book of a series available for free, presumably to draw readers in and make them want to buy others. So, what are your thoughts on these? Do you have any you'd particularly recommend? My thoughts: Personally, I find them a bit of a mixed bag. Not quite Sturgeon's law but not far from it either.