In fact, you can make an ebook permanently free. Unlike Amazon, they do not restrict the period you can offer your ebook for free. If you are not in KDP Select and you open publish, there is no restriction on how you can use free ebooks.īoth Smashwords and Draft2Digital allow you to set your selling price to $0.00. Why not use it and do what publishers have been doing forever to promote your Kindle ebooks?īut of course, you have to enroll in KDP Select and grant Amazon total exclusivity over your ebook, which many self-publishing authors resist.

The opportunity Amazon gave to self-published authors with KDP Select was a very logical initiative.įive days during every ninety days are available for free Kindle ebook promotion. Thousands of copies are sent out to advance readers, television stations, radio stations, or in fact, anywhere a little promotion or influence can be garnered.Īdvance copies are also sent out to newspapers to try to get the reviews that you see printed on the back of many mainstream published novels. It is not dissimilar for fiction publishers.

It is also essential to have at least eight to ten book reviews as very few will list books with fewer reviews than this. Without a doubt, my most successful promotions have been when I have planned weeks ahead and notified as many free ebook listing sites as possible and then be picked up by some of the bigger sites.Īs they all tend to pick and choose what they will promote, I would suggest contacting at least fifteen sites, and even more, if you’re keen. KDP free ebook promotion works best with a plan No idea at all why.īut in general, better-promoted ones have fared far better. I’ve had carefully planned promotions flop, while ones with almost no promotion have skyrocketed. In general, promotions in the first few days of a month are worth avoiding, as are Fridays and Mondays.Īnother element I have noticed through my trial and errors is that luck can also have a big hand in how successful a free ebook promotion is. I also experimented with different days of the week and of the month. I’ve booked a couple of days with no promotion at all, as well as careful planning and promotion of free campaigns.

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