Kindle Review – Kindle Fire Review, Kindle 4 Review

Amazon continues the onslaught of free kindle books -

1. Discovering Dani by N. J. Walters. Its book 1 of the Jamesville Series and a contemporary romance novel. It has a 4 star rating across 5 kindle edition reviews.
2. The Mark by Jason Pinter. Very well reviewed with a 4 star rating across 38 reviews.  Its a mystery/thriller and the first in the Henry Parker Series.
   

   #1 in the Kindle Store. The Mark for $0

Also worth considering is a compilation of 5 John Muir books – Classic Nature Books. Its jumped out of nowhere to #216 in the Kindle Store. It includes -

1. The Grand Canyon of the Colorado.
2. The Mountains of California.
3. Steep Trails.
4. Travels in Alaska.
5. Yosemite. 

Amongst other things John Muir founded The Sierra Club.

New Trend in Pricing New Releases

The new trend in pricing new releases seems to be -

1. Introduce it at $14 or so.  
2. Wait until it hits the bestsellers chart and then cut it to $9.99. 

Look at the current moves and shakers, and there are lots of books like that in the top 25.

People who are really into the author or book seem to be still snapping up books at the higher price. After a week or so the book price drops and another wave of people join in. It’ll be interesting to see whether this pricing strategy takes off.   

Question for Authors and Publishers

Would you be willing to pay Amazon to be able to give away your book?

Consider the two books mentioned above – they’re #1 and #5 currently. They’re both #1 in the series and will definitely lead to a lot of sales of the other books in the series.

Your authors get a ton of exposure and if the writing is good you get a lot of readers hooked.

Would you pay Amazon for the privilege of giving away the first book in a series? How much?

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