Wednesday, December 26, 2012

So Now I'm Supposed to Give My Book away for Free

Well, I've gone and done it. I have published my book on Amazon via Kindle Direct Publishing (no, the Angry Writer is not going to tell you the title. I want to be positive when talking about my work. This is where I rant). So far my sales have been pretty shitty, mostly due to no publicity (like I'm going to get ripped off for low-exposure, over-priced advertising). But wait, Amazon has a suggestion. They're telling me I need to make my book free to generate sales. Sorry, I don't consider books to be like food and drink samples at the local grocery store. The idea of giving a sample is that someone will want to buy more. Why the fuck would they buy more if they have gotten all they can get? Are you saying that I should make it free so that people will spread the word? I think they are. What pisses me off even more is now my book has to compete with the 20,000 freebies available on Amazon. Talk about bullshit for the little guy and the Angry Writer.