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  • 24-02-2012 10:23am
    #1
    EileenG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,775 ✭✭✭


    So we're going to try a free giveaway and see how it affects my ranking.

    Don't Feed the Fairies is free today. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006GGF6PG/

    Please download it, because from what I gather, the more downloads I get, the higher it goes in the Amazon ranks, and this translates into increased sales for the following week or longer.


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  • #2
    Ectoplasm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,468 ✭✭✭Ectoplasm


    I've downloaded it myself, so that's one. I could suggest it to others if you'd like? They might not be the 'target audience' but I'm sure you'd get quite a few downloads as a result.


  • #3
    wavehopper1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 356 ✭✭wavehopper1


    I've grabbed a copy. Wouldn't be my genre usually but I look forward to reading it.
    I take it that you're conducting a bit of a sales experiment by giving it free. Unless it's confidential I'd be interested if you were prepared to post a follow up on the effects, just percentages would be fine. Best of luck.


  • #4
    Antilles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭Antilles


    I've got my copy! :)

    (Happy birthday, by the way!)


  • #5
    EileenG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,775 ✭✭✭EileenG


    Oh yes, I'll be posting up the results.

    This book has been on sale for several months, and it consistantly sells a few every day, but usually single digit, not dozens. So I want to see what happens when I give it away, particularly if it affects sales afterwards, and if it affects sales of my newer book.

    So far today, there have been over seventy downloads.


  • #6
    Antilles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭Antilles


    I don't see its current rank. Is that available anywhere?


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  • #7
    EileenG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,775 ✭✭✭EileenG


    Available on Amazon.com, .co.uk., .de, .es, .fr, .it

    So far, there have been 460 downloads from Amazon.com, 87 from .co.uk, 15 from Amazon.de and one from Amazon.es


  • #8
    OneIdea
    Closed Accounts Posts: 249 ✭✭OneIdea


    I like supporting things like this, and download the kindle app for PC, hope that counts... I don't know that many amazon users or maybe that's just me... but the best of luck with your strategy.


  • #9
    EileenG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,775 ✭✭✭EileenG


    Thanks. Yes, it counts.

    I'll tell you next week how it all worked. Right now, I'm ranking up there with Douglas Adams and ahead of HG Wells.


  • #10
    kickarykee
    Registered Users Posts: 207 ✭✭kickarykee


    Oh I missed it :(
    Too bad... but I will buy it anyway after I read the books currently waiting on my shelve :)


  • #11
    vitalscience
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭vitalscience


    I am late :( just saw this post and wanted to download.. But alas..!


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  • #12
    kickarykee
    Registered Users Posts: 207 ✭✭kickarykee


    was the same here :(


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