Post here to get help getting your book free on Amazon

[Jeffrey, Lentarian Fire Thrower]

I reported it for you, Eric!

[Eric]

Thanks, Jeff!

[Jeffrey, Lentarian Fire Thrower]

Amazon UK has once again dropped the "free" status from The Prophecy. Can I ask a favor? Remind Amazon that the book exists elsewhere at a lower price.

Barnes & Noble UK: http://uk.nook.com/ebooks/bakkian-chr...

Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bakkian-Chron...

Thanks!

Big J

[Elizabeth]

Reported Jeffrey,

Here are the links for WH Smith in the UK (kobo books partner) and iTunes UK as well and I've also reported them

http://whsmith.co.uk/EProducts/Bakkia...

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/bakk...

Cheers

[Jeffrey, Lentarian Fire Thrower]

Thanks, Elizabeth! I appreciate it!

[Mia]

I went through and reported everyone's books/links that weren't already free. Good luck to all! And am I the only one who thinks Amazon is just a little ridiculous in all this? :P

[Jeffrey, Lentarian Fire Thrower]

Not by a long shot, Mia. :) This is the second time in as many months that Bakkian 1 was dropped off the free category. Germany is off and on, too. Go figure.

[Eric]

I reported all 3 links for you, Jeffrey.

I suspect that Amazon is not a fan of permanently free, now that so many people are using that strategy. From their perspective, there is an abundance of free content that is perhaps diluting the power of their KDP promotions. I think the perma-free option is one of the main reasons that Amazon is snubbing Smashwords. By the end of 2013, I think we are going to be working a lot harder to keep our free content free.

[Jeffrey, Lentarian Fire Thrower]

Can't see why Amazon would have a problem with it. More downloads of book 1 means more sales of books 2 & 3. That, by definition, means more $$$ for them.

That's alright. I will keep pestering them until they put it back. And thanks for reporting the links, Eric!

[Kira]

Thanks for the help! It's finally free on Amazon!

[Mia]

"Cameron's Law" just went free on Amazon UK. Thank you all so much!

[Eric]

congrats!

[[deleted user]]

I think I'm about to give up on making Myriad free on Amazon. It's not that it won't become free - it just won't stick. It's off and on on Amazon UK, and it just stopped being free on Amazon US for no reason I can understand. I can keep trying to make it free, but if it doesn't stick I can't really promote the free book with ads or in any way. Someone could click on an ad and it will have a price. Maybe I should just charge for the damn thing and be done with it. I don't know. Not asking for anything, just having a whinge. I might just stop making it free everywhere soon, and see how it goes.

[Eric]

I feel your pain.

[[deleted user]]

Thanks :) I just set the book to not free with my distributor. Eventually the price will update and I can just forget about this free thing. I don't need the headache.

[J.D.]

Mona wrote: "Thanks :) I just set the book to not free with my distributor. Eventually the price will update and I can just forget about this free thing. I don't need the headache."

Mona, I always found it better to do very short, limited, highly-targeted free promotions anyway. You can always set the price on the first book low rather than free, if you want to use a "loss leader" approach.

[J.D.]

I'm trying to help my books get a little traction on Amazon outside of the US, so I've set Dragon Fate to free on Kobo for Canada, Europe, and Japan.

The Kobo link is here:

http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Dragon...

The Amazon links to report a lower price are:

France: http://www.amazon.fr/Dragon-Fate-eboo...

Canada: http://www.amazon.ca/Dragon-Fate-War-...

Japan: http://www.amazon.co.jp/Dragon-Fate-W...

Thanks for the help!

[M.R.]

J.D. wrote: "Mona wrote: "Thanks :) I just set the book to not free with my distributor. Eventually the price will update and I can just forget about this free thing. I don't need the headache."

Mona, I always..."

I wanted to set my first Episode of my series to just 45 cents, but 99 cents is the minimum it allows normally.

[Scott, Fabled Reviewer o' Tales!]

J.D. wrote: "I'm trying to help my books get a little traction on Amazon outside of the US, so I've set Dragon Fate to free on Kobo for Canada, Europe, and Japan.

The Kobo link is here:

http://www.kobobooks...."

I went to report the link, but on Kobo it is saying 4.99. Not sure if there is a time delay or something though.

[J.D.]

Scott wrote: "J.D. wrote: "I'm trying to help my books get a little traction on Amazon outside of the US, so I've set Dragon Fate to free on Kobo for Canada, Europe, and Japan.

The Kobo link is here:

http://w..."

It's because you aren't in one of the regions where it's free, and Kobo automatically displays the price for your region based on your ISP - they don't have separate links for different areas. Thanks, though - Ammy price matched everywhere it was supposed to.

[Karen]

I'd love some help getting my short story The Library free on Amazon! It's free on Smashwords at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view....

Now I'll scroll up and start reporting others' books.

[Karen]

(re message 70) J.D., the book seems to be free on Amazon now, if I'm looking in the right place.

J.D. wrote: "I'm trying to help my books get a little traction on Amazon outside of the US, so I've set Dragon Fate to free on Kobo for Canada, Europe, and Japan.

The Kobo link is here:

http://www.kobobooks...."

[Karen]

Every one I try to report is already free! (I think I'm clicking the right link. . . .) I hope this works as well for my little book! (Sometime next month, when I release Reach, I'll be making the predecessor novel Twin-Bred free on Smashwords, and I'd dearly love for Amazon to price-match.)

[Karen]

I just remembered that Smashwords link may not work, so here's the B&N link for "The Library":

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-l...

The Amazon link, which I think I forgot to include, is http://www.amazon.com/The-Library-sho....

Thanks!

[J.D.]

Karen wrote: "I just remembered that Smashwords link may not work, so here's the B&N link for "The Library":

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-l...

The Amazon lin..."

Reported it to Amazon.com

[Jeffrey, Lentarian Fire Thrower]

I'm working on getting The Prophecy free in Canada, Japan, and Brazil.

Any help would be appreciated! Here are the links:

Presently free:

Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bakki...

Barnes & Noble UK: http://uk.nook.com/ebooks/bakkian-chr...

And here are the not-so-free links:

Canada: http://www.amazon.ca/Bakkian-Chronicl...

Japan: http://www.amazon.co.jp/Bakkian-Chron...

Brazil: http://www.amazon.com.br/Bakkian-Chro...

[Nicolas]

Thanks, everybody! My short story collection, Ghost Dust, is still $.99 on Amazon, but free everywhere else.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CFMXEC2


http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Select...

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/selec...

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...

There's links for a few retailers offering it for free.

[Karen]

Reported.

Nicolas wrote: "Thanks, everybody! My short story collection, Ghost Dust, is still $.99 on Amazon, but free everywhere else.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CFMXEC2


http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Select......"

[Talitha]

Hey guys, I am wondering if people can report my book too? It's FREE on other retailers.

I will go up the list and report all books that haven't already been price matched.

Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Lifesphere-INC-...

And Kobo:
http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Lifesp...

If no one minds, I may come back and add a B&N and/or apple link later, if Amazon doesn't respond.

[Mia]

Okies, I fell way behind, but I went through and checked, and reported all the still-not-free ones that I could!

[Talitha]

Hi Nicholas,

Most people are reporting that amazon doesn't care much about smashwords and you should try and get your books onto B&N, Kobo or Apple.

I will report anyway though!

[Jerry]

Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Brothers-Chaos-...

Nook: FREE
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-u...

Thank you, guys.

[Sean]

The Quintessence of Absence has been free on Smashwords for some time now

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...

I'd love to make it free on Amazon, so please report that you found a lower price elsewhere

http://www.amazon.com/The-Quintessenc...

I'd be happy to return the favor, and I'd love to hear any input if you read the book!

[Lana]

Went back and reported the ones that still are not free.

Here is mine.

Edit: removed my links because it is now free!

Thank you!

[Sabrina]

Hi, where do you report to Amazon that something is free somewhere else? Does the author have to request it too? I'd be happy to return the favor if I could find it. Here are my links:

Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/A-Thread-Tangle...

B&N (free):
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-thr...

[Lana]

You just scroll down to below the sales rank where it says "tell us about a lower price". I reported mine myself as well as others. It took about a week to change to free. I grabbed a copy of your book for my nook. It sounds good. :)

[Sabrina]

Oh, wow, how did I miss that nice big button, lol. Thanks so much, Lana, and hope you enjoy my book!

[Bob]

Hello! Please help with making it free

Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Cycle-W...

Barnes and noble

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-p...

smashwords

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...

thanks so much to all those who can help!

[J.D.]

Robert wrote: "Hello! Please help with making it free

I reported the lower prices to Amazon.

[Alix]

Hi everyone!
Could you help me get my book permafree?

Here's the Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L2II2AY

And here are the places where it's free:
Noisetrade: http://books.noisetrade.com/alixnicho...
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Many thanks, and I'll be happy to return the favor!

[Karen]

Alix, the Noisetrade link didn't work.

Alix wrote: "Hi everyone!
Could you help me get my book permafree?

Here's the Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L2II2AY

And here are the places where it's free:
Noisetrade: http://books.noisetrade.com..."

[Karen]

Hooray, I found this thread again!... I'd greatly appreciate help getting my novel Twin-Bred permafree. Here's the Amazon link:

http://www.amazon.com/Twin-Bred-Karen...

Here's the Nook Store link:

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/twin-...

And here's the Kobo link:

http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/eboo...

Thanks! Now I'll scroll up and see who else still needs help.

[Karen]

Done!

Robert wrote: "Hello! Please help with making it free

Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Cycle-W...

Barnes and no..."

[Karen]

Sean, it's currently $2.99 on Smashwords, unless I'm missing something.

Sean wrote: "The Quintessence of Absence has been free on Smashwords for some time now

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...

I'd love to make it free on Amazon, so please report that you found a lower p..."

[Mark]

This is all great, but what is permafree? As far as I know, you can't do that on KDP. Ninty nine cents is the lower limit. You can set it to free using the Select Giveaway option once every three months.

[Karen]

Mark, unless something has changed quite recently, one can indeed have a book either permanently free or free for months or years at a time on Amazon, so long as their 'bots are convinced that it's free elsewhere.

[Mark]

Neat! How do I convince their bots? Is there a resubmit for spidering site, like for web sites in Google? Or do I just lower it everywhere and then keep trying until it takes?

[Karen]

Mark, as far as I know, you just get as many people as possible (including yourself) to click the "tell us about a lower price" link on the book's Amazon page (just above the Customer Reviews).