The Business of Writing: The Power of Free
Setting a book to free and the first results of Stuff Your eReader Day!
First up, this is a Business of Writing post, where I talk about the business side of my job, reveal just how bad I am at marketing1, and straight up tell you things like how many copies sold and how much money I’ve made.
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Second, reminder to EVERYONE:
Hera Takes Charge is coming out VERY SOON, so pre-order quick!
Once Hera comes out, Persephone In Bloom will be going back to the regular 2.99 USD price! If you haven’t got it yet, grab Persephone for FREE, right now!
The Power of Free
I was encouraged to sign up to the Stuff Your eReader event by friends as a Good Marketing Move, and while, like any keen romance reader, I’d taken advantage of the event many times, I hadn’t somehow clicked that I could put a book in there. In preparation for the event, I set Persephone in Bloom to free in late November, and here’s what it did to the downloads in November:
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