Free ebooks are definitely a good way to get me to try a new author. If I get a free ebook I like I am much more likely to buy more from her. I am also far more likely to buy an ebook from an author with a longer free sample than I am from an author with a relatively short sample. I have deleted a number of samples with no thought to buying anything from the author when I discovered that the "free sample" consisted of a title page, publishing info, table of contents and a page or two of actual story; that is an immediate turn off and will probably keep me from looking at any other work the author may have done! Make the sample at least long enough for me to give a hang about the protagonist!
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