This is a growing trend we’ll see more and more of i.e.
Kindle Edition books using $1 prices, sale prices, Buy One Get One Free, and similar offers to get customer mind-share.
The current situation, with the last three entries on the Kindle blog all discussing $1 book offers and book specials, and lots of free eBook giveaways during Read an eBook week (next week), ought to make for some very happy Kindle 2 and Kindle 1 owners.
Here are this week’s contestants -
- First we have an interesting offer from Cara Black -
If you purchase the latest in Cara Black’s Aimee Leduc Series, Murder in the Latin Quarter, before March 9th, you will receive Murder in the Marais for FREE.
Amazon’s official kindle blog has an interview with Cara Black.
- And a similar offer from Carrie Vaughn – “purchase the Kindle edition of Kitty and the Dead Man’s Hand by Carrie Vaughn, and automatically receive Kitty Raises Hell for free”.
- Next, we have a $1 eBook (special for March) – Larissa Ione’s Pleasure Unbound.
- Then, another $1 ebook is Karisa Miller’s Empress. Its Orbit Books’ special of featuring one ebookfor $1 every month.
- And, a Free Bible (English Standard Version) from CrossWay Bibles.
Also, a heads-up to watch out for Read an eBook week from March 8th -14th which will have a ton of free eBooks offered. As a kindle 2 / kindle 1 owner this is something you should get used to – a lot more free books as authors compete in an increasingly saturated market with low barriers to entry.
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thanks for the links switch. I’m VERY interested in getting lots of cheap (or free) books now that I have my Kindle. Keep ‘em coming!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/mar/02/faber-ben-wilson-ebook
Many Kindle authors are discovering that giving away free ebooks is an excellent way to make readers aware of their work.
I tried to make the first book of a trilogy free on Kindle, but the lowest Amazon would let me set the price was 99 cents, which probably accounts for all the $1 books turning up.
I got around Amazon’s restrictions by giving away free copies from my author website:
http://www.catherine-m-wilson.com/
I think we are going to see a lot more free and low-priced books as more authors and publishers become aware of this kind of promotion. It costs the publisher nothing to give away an ebook, and it builds a readership for the author.