Do free books from some authors hurt professional authors?
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Re: Do free books from some authors hurt professional author
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ebooks can be like that. You give a book away, and if people like your work, they'll buy a paid work. Thing is, most people won't bother to read the partial sample, the "look inside," the whatever you want to call it. Before Smashwords let me know I was violating their TOS, I took the chapters composing that free portion and released it as an independent free book, clearly stating what people were getting so there was no confusion or feeling of being ripped off. While I was getting almost no downloads of the free 15-20% sample from the full book, those free sample books were being scooped up as fast as those full-length books I have set at permafree.
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