Up and Up!

I have been talking in my blog about self-publishing, but one thing I promised to do was to keep you informed of any marketing tips for my book Toxic as I went along. I just have to quickly share with you my latest results. 
I’ve read for some time now that a great way to increase sales is to give away e-books on Kindle. I didn’t for months because of the typical reasoning. I’ve spent two years working on Toxic. I deserve the money. It’s worth a whole more than I’m selling it for already. You’ve heard the excuses. You might have even made them. 
On a whim, I decided to put it on Kindle for free for two days. Since it was a quick decision, I didn’t advertize it too much. I tweeted it. I put it on different places in Facebook. I contacted a handful of web pages that have sections for free e-books. That’s it. Looking back, I see so much more I could have done, but honestly I wasn’t expecting too much to happen with it. I thought I’d get about a thousand downloads and probably no sales. 
No one was more surprised than I was when the tally rushed past 100 in the first hour! In fact, by the end of day two, I had 1,455 downloads! Yes, they are all free so that means I don’t get a penny (until they want the sequel, that is!). But something amazing happened after that. My sales have skyrocketed. I’ve gone from a very small trickle to a medium trickle. I am by no means rich, but I have enough earnings to buy a large pizza, and let me tell you, that pizza is going to taste awfully good. I’ve recently read that for every three you give away, you sell one. So be generous.
It’s been three weeks since I offered Toxic for free, and the sales continue. They’ve slowed somewhat, but at least they are steady. 
So, thank you so much to those who have supported Toxic and given it a try! I cannot say how much it means to me to see those numbers going up. God is good! I truly hope that you enjoy reading it. I’ll be watching the reviews to see what you have to say.
Oh, and another cool thing. I just noticed last night that fifty-four of those copies went to people in the United Kingdom and four went to people in Germany! I am now an international author! And I’m dying to go for a book tour! If you’re interested in hosting me, email me and let’s chat! 
Thanks again for the support. You guys are the best!