I have a fantasy series and I give away the first novel as a free ebook. Then I charge for the subsequent 3 novels in the series. It seems to work. As stated by others, I do this so people will give a little-known writer a chance. It removes a barrier. Sometimes I wonder if charging a $1 for the first book would be better. That way I would only be dealing with people actually willing to pay as opposed to the strictly free crowd, but I have yet to experiment with that. I don't want to go from getting sales from the series to getting passed over entirely. There's a lot of competition out there.
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