Is it possible to have a book permafree on Amazon?

[Grace]

So, I'm trying to get my book free on Amazon. I figured out pretty quickly that they don't allow that. But then how do other authors get their books permafree on Amazon and how can I do that?

[Thomas]

Publish through Smashwords and set the price to free there. Then report a lower price to Amazon and contact them through their contact page to let them know.

It's harder to get the international Amazon sites to set to permafree though. I haven't been able to accomplish that no matter what I did.

[Sam (Rescue Dog Mom, Writer, Hugger)]

Thomas, Yikes, seeing as I will follow your sales strategy for my trilogy, I'm going to have the same problem. : (

[C.A.]

I'm doing the same thing right now. I uploaded my book to Smashwords and set the price as free. I'm going to write to Amazon.com and ask them to match the price. A lot of people have told me Amazon will make the book free if it's free elsewhere online.

[Ken]

They used to price-match to free more often in the past, but they're not as willing to do it now. I know a few authors who have simply received a form e-mail telling them they're in violation of the TOS when they've asked for a price-match.

[[deleted user]]

I had no success when I tried that strategy. I eventually pulled my book from smashwords and enrolled in Kindle Select.

[Shannon]

Morris wrote: "I had no success when I tried that strategy. I eventually pulled my book from smashwords and enrolled in Kindle Select."

Me too. I found Smashwords irritating and difficult to navigate. Kindle Select has been fabulous, so I recommend it in place of free. You do get five days you can mark it free in your 3 months, so it's not like you can't do deals. 8-) Good luck!

[Adam]

I'm sure there are some You Tube 'how to' instructional videos on this subject. Also if you enter your query into your browser you should also get some other tutorials.

[Grace]

Thanks for all the feedback! I love how helpful SIA is :)