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Ok. You give away a book free. It doesn’t matter why, just that it does’t cost the reader anything. A great many are given for promotional purposes.
What I’m womdering is how many of these give-aways are read?
Do you have any knowedge on this? How about a guess? If you download a book will you read it?
I gave away Bomber Overhead because I grew tired trying to market it.
Me? I won’t always read the book, especially if it’s non-fiction.Fiction? I found it hard to read Dan Brown’s “da Vinci Files” free copy, but I struggled on and made it to the end.
I think everyone is different, but for me, if I’m offered a free book, I’ll take it as long as there is any chance I’ll read it. So not material that I really don’t like. My reasoning is this…people do the giveaways to boost their numbers on the sites, so I’m helping with that, and if I have any interest, it’s worth helping. Then at random moments I will be looking for a new book and find one already on my Kindle that’s there when I need it. Have gotten some interesting reads that way.
She remakes mechanical devices, and he dreams of becoming a steamship captain in The Steamship Chronicles. Book 1 is free in eBook.
https://margaretmcgaffeyfisk.com/the-steamship-chronicles/Most books I get for free I try to read. I figure it’s a great way to try out a new author or a new series.
I don’t treat books I get for free any differently than books I pay for. I intend to read them, or I wouldn’t get them. I may not read them immediately. Eventually, however, I will pick them up and start reading. If the story grabs me, I keep reading. But, if I get bored, I put it away and don’t bother. I don’t feel obligated to read something just because I have it. The story has to actually interest me.
–June
Good point. One look at the tons of books floating around my room (my to be read pile of physical books is now two and a half bookcases plus stacks to the ceiling. Most of those I have paid for, some I was given. And I swear I’ll read them sometime.
She remakes mechanical devices, and he dreams of becoming a steamship captain in The Steamship Chronicles. Book 1 is free in eBook.
https://margaretmcgaffeyfisk.com/the-steamship-chronicles/Most of my fiction to-read list is now in ebook format and I have kept it mostly under control. The nonfiction history books (print) are still piled up a bit, but I get to them whenever I think there is something I want to learn.
I don’t have a lot of free books, but I also don’t pick them up if I don’t think I’m going to read them. I have been keeping an eye on the Nook ebook find of the day which is often $1.99 or $2.99 and grabbing anything there that looks interesting. I’ve been dragged into two sets of books I would not otherwise have read, but again — those are on ebook.
On the other side, I made an effort to give away copies of Glory, asking for reviews. It’s the only book I really pushed in this way. Glory was released August 28, 2012. It still doesn’t have a review. I’m actually kind of amused by this and haven’t tried that ploy again.
JuneDrexler wrote:I don’t feel obligated to read something just because I have it. The story has to actually interest me.–June
One thing a library worker said to me one time was, “I don’t owe the writer a thing. I have no obligation to read the book.”
I don’t even know how many ebooks are in my TBR pile. I don’t look for fear of collapsing. The reason my paper book stacks have gotten so high though is because I’ve been reading a lot more ebooks, especially since I’ve become a somewhat popular reviewer on NetGalley. When I first started there, I’d get offered maybe one in ten of the books I thought might interest me. Now, it’s a surprise if someone says no, and I have to readjust my logic to that fact (haven’t yet because I’m a book addict and they offer me interesting titles to read).
She remakes mechanical devices, and he dreams of becoming a steamship captain in The Steamship Chronicles. Book 1 is free in eBook.
https://margaretmcgaffeyfisk.com/the-steamship-chronicles/Hmm, I think Glory’s release slipped me by when I was having my own crises. I’ll need to add that to my ebook TBR pile
. See how easy it is to end up with too many . I think the last of yours I read was Kat Among the Pigeons. I have all three Silky’s but have only read the first two, I think? Life keeps getting in the way and out of sight means out of mind for me. Someday I should organize my ebooks too.She remakes mechanical devices, and he dreams of becoming a steamship captain in The Steamship Chronicles. Book 1 is free in eBook.
https://margaretmcgaffeyfisk.com/the-steamship-chronicles/Don’t worry about it! The book is selling okay anyway, but I have just found it amusing that the only one I really pushed for reviews on has managed not to gather one at all. I’d be worried, except I know it’s a good book.
Oh, that wasn’t a “I should have reviewed it for you,” that was a “I remember you talking about that book and wanted to read it”
.She remakes mechanical devices, and he dreams of becoming a steamship captain in The Steamship Chronicles. Book 1 is free in eBook.
https://margaretmcgaffeyfisk.com/the-steamship-chronicles/I asked for reviews on Bomber Overhead, with no result. I’m sure some readers would be will to write one but they don’t get back to it. Perhaps withholding the last page would help.
As a reviewer, I can tell you that kind of trick would piss me off and if I did bother to review it, my review would be as is (i.e. critical printing errors) and cutting. You are asking for a reviewers time and patience, offering nothing but a book they didn’t necessarily want. Now if they did get to it and found it was exactly what they wanted, they’d be the first to spread the word around. But if they never got to it, or worse, started it only to discover you’d messed with the text, then you’ve cost them something when you want something from them. And word does spread. I know of a lot of crossover between the main reviewing blogs, and I’ve seen reviewers come to conventions as guests.
Yes, you’re giving away a free copy of your book, but especially with a known reviewer, they’re swamped with free copies of books. Note my comments about my TBR pile. It’s not a gift at that point. It’s a burden. Then on top of that you want their time and energy not just to read the book but to craft some sentences to several pages about your book when they could be writing something else.
I wouldn’t suggest playing games. You are the supplicant, not the benefactor in this equation.
She remakes mechanical devices, and he dreams of becoming a steamship captain in The Steamship Chronicles. Book 1 is free in eBook.
https://margaretmcgaffeyfisk.com/the-steamship-chronicles/
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