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Sell more books by giving them away!
Peter Workman, the publisher of Putting Your Passion into
Print, has this rule: "For every one book you
give away, you sell three."
"It may seem slightly insane," write Arielle Eckstut and David
Henry Sterry, the authors of the book, "but giving
away books can be a very, very good thing."
That’s because you want your books to be noticed by the right
audience, a group that may include the author's
colleagues, professional reviewers, academic
adopters, college and independent booksellers,
rights buyers, librarians, newspapers, magazines,
radio stations, book groups, movie agents,
directors, producers, actors, websites, and anyone
else on your in-house list who might be interested
in the book's topic.
Isn't it
way too expensive?
Not when it is digital copies that we are talking about.
Furthermore, in this age of both print and digital
book sales, you can profitably combine the versions
depending on a customer and the type of book you are
selling.
But can’t such giveaways also harm sales?
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