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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
Giving away a whole book doesn't work though since most books only get read once by most people.
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It can build a fanbase, that can lead to other opportunities. I know of several people who have got book deals as a result of giving away free ebooks, and one that also got a couple of film deals. I think it will be harder to break through that way now, because there are so many people doing it.
For writers who are already established, they could easily get people to pay a small fee and sell direct. That small fee would probably be more than they would get if they let a publisher sell it instead. And as someone else said, they could always sell it to a normal publisher at a later date.