Sales on Bourne to Love Emma lagged after a couple of weeks post-release. I was hopeful that it would sell more after I released Fighting for Heather. While working on some things right after FfH released last week, I thought about the KDP promotional opportunities. I can't do a Kindle Countdown Deal because the book must be priced over $2.99 regularly and mine aren't. But - BUT - I have the option to make a book free for five days or less during any 90 day period on KDP Select.
I thought it might encourage people to read the first book and maybe buy the second one....
When I first looked at the sales numbers yesterday, a little over a hundred copies had been given away. That's well over the number I've sold on my best day.
By mid-afternoon, over three hundred copies had been given away. By dinner, that number was over 450.
The final number for the first day it was offered for free: FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY ONE.
Holy crap.
Obviously, the down side of all of that is that I make nothing off of giving books away for free. The up side: visibility, name recognition, repeat business if they enjoyed it....
I am keeping this in mind as I work on my next book. Perhaps Fighting for Heather will be free for a couple of days around the release of the third book in the series.
I never imagined that many people reading my first book. Wow!
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