The Amazon algorithm monster

Having to offer your debut novel – your baby – for free is a mental barrier that every new author needs to overcome.

It’s the only way for Amazon algorithm to understand what sort of people want to read your book. And for that, the algorithm needs large numbers of readers.

The idea behind a free book is to tempt those people who like the idea of your novel to download it and actually give it a go.

So if you are one of those readers who think The Second Cup is something you’d like to read, the...