new review on Smashwords and I took the leap and made freebies

This one is for Bound in Stone: Volume Two. Smashwords user tomwild says:

"I'm into the 3rd book of the series right now and don't want it to end."

Thank you, tomwild.

I am still not 100% on the rules over at Lulu about listing a book for free. And I'm not 100% on how it works for Smashwords. When I pubbed at Lulu, the way they wrote the advice for pricing (on the publishing page at time of pricing), it seemed an author couldn't make a book free if they wanted it to be listed on iTunes. That really sucks, though, doesn't it? So I listed 99¢ instead of my usual "free" purchase and then listed the same price when I finally made it to Amazon and then Smashwords.

And of course, right at the same time, Amazon screwed me over by introducing Kindle Select. Actually, I think they screwed a lot of authors over. It's a big trap to get you on their venue only. And it also means that you don't get free books published over there unless you put your books on Kindle Select, or unless Amazon price matches a book that is lower on, say, iTunes.

So, I am waiting to see if my first novels of the Bound and Gryphon sets remains on iTunes after this price drop. Lulu is the vendor in the case of iTunes and Nook. Smashwords is the vendor in the case of all other venues (except Amazon). If I see my books disappear from any of those retailers, I have to raise my price to 99¢ again. But I hope I don't have to.

If the books stay on line at the retailers, I will ask Amazon to price match so that these two novels are free there as well. So, here's hoping for the best.