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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
It would probably work better with a series of books, where you give the first one away for free and then people can buy the others if they want. Rather than hobble the free copy, another way to do it would be to insert advertising/ "buy here" nags every few pages.
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Actually, that's what I've done with my first series, tho I'm getting pressure from my readers to remove it (GroundTies) from the "freebie" list as it is, according to them, "too good" to be given away.
Right now, I'm maintaining that if they feel that way, they can donate...and many have, generous sweethearts that they are. What I really want is readers to try it. I know there's a market for the kind of books I write and I want to get the word out and a few people talking on line about it. It's that critical mass thing.
Who knows...I might put up the "new edition" I'm working on that has a ToC and extra content and such for sale, leaving the initial version up for a sample. I dunno. Lots of options and still very early times. We just opened in December.
Gawd...I hate those "buy here" nags!!!
But I'm really kinda taken with this notion of pirating my own book....it's just such a delightfully twisted idea...I wonder how many authors have already done it?
