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July 15, 2005
Talking about giving books away for free
Now, I understand that the idea of giving your books away for free, for example by making them available for free download, might sound like total madness. Why should anybody actually buy your book when all they have to do is download it and read it? Won't it kill sales?
The reality is quite the opposite and more and more marketing savvy writers are catching onto this idea. PABD author Stephen Che Chillun left 100 copies of his book Butter Side Down on buses, in cafes, bars and even on park benches. The back cover directed the reader to Stephen's website where they can learn more about the author, read further writings and buy additional copies of his book.
Award winning author Cory Doctorow is making all of his books available for free download on his website. To quote Cory: "I've given away more than half a million digital copies of my award-winning first novel, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, and that sucker has blown through five print editions (yee-HAW!), so I'm not worried that giving away books is hurting my sales."
Something to think about? If you want to make your books available for free download just send me a mail and we'll add the relevant information to your personal selling pages.
Posted by Andreas at July 15, 2005 09:35 PM