My KDP experiment, Part 2.

The great KDP experiment of three ‘Free’ days is now almost a week behind me. As I had stated in my previous blog, it seemed very counter-intuitive to give books away for free- and wow, did they go! The final count was 11,451 copies of ‘Exit Unicorns’ downloaded in the US and Canada, 80 in the UK and 46 in Germany. I sold a good deal of the other two during the promotion as well, which was a bonus I hadn’t expected.

Since the book went back to a paid entity, it has sold steadily each day and several more copies of the other two have sold. Certainly, doing the free days has brought my books a great deal more notice. Hopefully, it is notice that will last for awhile. There are so many books in the marketplace today, that it’s very hard to get one’s book far enough above the water to get and keep notice.

I have to mention that my readers were hugely instrumental in the number of downloads. They shared that my book was free all weekend, many making multiple posts on FB and to various groups of which they are part. I would not have had the numbers I did without them, they truly are a terrific group. I don’t know all of them, obviously, but I appreciate each and every one.

I may try another free promotion of one of my books in the fall, for now though I need to get the books out there and available for Kobo and Nook- many readers have been patiently waiting for the books to be in these formats for a long time- I feel I owe them the courtesy of making the books available to them, even if it’s only for a few months to begin with.

I hope that many of those copies of ‘Exit Unicorns’ have landed in hands that will enjoy the book, and perhaps go on to read further of Jamie, Pamela, Casey and Patrick’s adventures in ‘Mermaid in a Bowl of Tears’ and ‘Flights of Angels’.