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alantootill




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Registration date : 2012-04-12

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PostSubject: Experience of free promotions   Experience of free promotions EmptyMon Apr 30, 2012 11:14 pm

Having just tried my first free promotion, and having been reasonably satisfied with results - in terms of downloads of the free book - I was wondering whether other folk who've done this found it made a measurable impact on their sales.

Any experiences anyone?

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I find the promotion is still on for Cole And The Cactus Thief, but you'd have to hurry. If you miss it I've some days saved for more free offer on this in a week or two...
http://www.amazon.com/Cactus-Thief-Martin-Novels-ebook/dp/B007STMS1K
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PostSubject: Re: Experience of free promotions   Experience of free promotions EmptyTue May 01, 2012 1:46 am

Some authors writing in popular genres such as romance, mysteries, thrillers, vampires and zombies have gained a new audience through the KDP book promotion program. Other authors have not experienced the same increase in readers. Amazon sales are driven by the "Customers who bought also bought" list. Unfortunately, as soon as a book drops out of the list, sales decline and don't pick up unless the book makes enough sales to get back onto the also-bought list. Many authors have been disappointed to see the steady sales they made after the promotion evaporate.


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Victor D. Lopez
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PostSubject: Re: Experience of free promotions   Experience of free promotions EmptyFri May 18, 2012 11:07 pm

I have had no noticeable sales increase from free promotions despite healthy downloads of two of my three self-published books that I've offered numerous times as free promotions. I don't do them any more, opting to give away books from time to time on LibraryThing and Goodreads. At least those are likely to actually get read!
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PostSubject: Re: Experience of free promotions   Experience of free promotions EmptySat May 19, 2012 12:11 pm

I had web sites views increase and rankings at Amazon.com increase but no appreciable increase in real sales.
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