Comments on: Free ebooks as a promotional tool: it works http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/free-ebooks-as-a-promotional-tool-it-works/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:55:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Steve Jordan http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/free-ebooks-as-a-promotional-tool-it-works/comment-page-1/#comment-1121230 Steve Jordan Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:19:21 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=26485#comment-1121230 Making the first book of a multi-book series free is a lot like free excerpts of books, to the next degree. I'm not at all surprised it helps sell books, though it's of dubious help to someone who only writes one, or a few unrelated books. Making the first book of a multi-book series free is a lot like free excerpts of books, to the next degree. I’m not at all surprised it helps sell books, though it’s of dubious help to someone who only writes one, or a few unrelated books.

]]> By: Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/free-ebooks-as-a-promotional-tool-it-works/comment-page-1/#comment-1121165 Chris Meadows Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:24:21 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=26485#comment-1121165 Whoops, I meant to cover this article myself but never got around to it. Some folks over on Baen's Bar have been snarking that, though Baen has been doing the give-e-books-away-free thing for ten years, it doesn't rate a single mention in that article. Whoops, I meant to cover this article myself but never got around to it.

Some folks over on Baen’s Bar have been snarking that, though Baen has been doing the give-e-books-away-free thing for ten years, it doesn’t rate a single mention in that article.

]]> By: igorsk http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/free-ebooks-as-a-promotional-tool-it-works/comment-page-1/#comment-1121159 igorsk Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:55:47 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=26485#comment-1121159 Well well, they finally discover that Baen's approach works. Who knows, maybe it will dawn on them that ditching DRM and decreasing prices will increase sales even more. Well well, they finally discover that Baen’s approach works. Who knows, maybe it will dawn on them that ditching DRM and decreasing prices will increase sales even more.

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