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Originally Posted by TC Beacham
It's hard for me to understand why someone would need to get more than 50% of a novel for free - still trying to get my mind around that idea.
Have you had many downloads of your short stories? Do you think those downloads have led to sales of your novel?
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50% is the standard Smashwords free sample size. I don't really get it either - I buy fiction based on the blurb, reviews (if available), and a flick through about three or so pages to see whether or not the writer can write. I just left the sample size at 50% because...well, I thought because it couldn't hurt to give the reader more of a chance to get hooked on the plot.
Neither my short stories nor my novel have been available for long, so I haven't had many bites at all; but I've had far more downloads of my short stories than I have for my novel.