But with millions of people owning Kindle ereaders now, and many more using free Kindle reading apps, a few hundred ebooks given away is not very many.
Take note, though, that when you make an ebook free through Smashwords or Draft2Digital that your ebook listed for sale on Amazon will not be available for free on Kindle. But you need to grant exclusivity for your ebook to Amazon. By offering free ebooks on Kindle, or through Smashwords or Draft2Digital, you are hoping to get your ebook into the hands of book bloggers and book reviewers.
Also, you might attract readers who may post a review of your book on either their blogs or if you are lucky, on Amazon directly. Try to connect with as many book bloggers, book reviewers, avid readers, and small press publishers on social media as you can. But be careful to find bloggers and reviewers who have an interest in your genre. Perhaps a book borrowed from someone or a library. A book you found at work. A book you found in your attic or a second-hand bookstore.
Maybe you downloaded an ebook from Project Gutenberg, Open Library, or you use the offer of a free ebook each month with Amazon Prime. I can only relate my experience over the years of using both KDP Select and open publishing to offer free ebooks.
Yes, free ebooks can help boost visibility, name recognition, attracting new readers, and of course, helping gain a few reviews and real sales. Series starters offered for free are by far the most productive, and profitable, and can often be left permanently free. Have a clear idea or plan about what you want to achieve. Free Kindle books on Amazon should only be one small part of your overall book marketing plans. It is also worth considering that fewer people buy a Kindle device now because of the popularity of smartphone or tablet reading.
On top of that, more and more ebook readers are using Kindle Unlimited. They have little reason to find a freebie attractive. So always diversify your book promotion activities as much as you possibly can and continue to look for new opportunities. Good luck with your next KDP free ebook promotion.
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Most libraries now feature an electronic book section where you can check out an ebook with your library card, just like you would a paper version. Just jump online, search for an available ebook, click and read.
Then, after a predetermined amount of time, the library will remove the book from your ebook device.
Just check out your local libraries and see which ebooks you can borrow for free. Also, most libraries run on the OverDrive App. It's free to download the app to your smartphone or tablet, find your library, log in, and start reserving and downloading right there.
Anyone who reads and recommends books can become a professional reader. Authors, book reviewers, journalists, bloggers, librarians, booksellers, professors. This is where it can get a little sticky.
There are many ebook sites and directories out there with less than admirable objectives. So, beware of websites like this. However, to help you find what you are looking for, the below directories or electronic book search engines have a good history of being safe and legit. You can browse free ebooks from just about every genre, including bestsellers and new releases.
If you subscribe to their newsletters, you can get free and reduced books in your inbox daily, to read work from authors you already love and find new authors to enjoy too. Torrents are a form of file sharing that is like a new aged Napster. It allows people to share files between themselves and uses a Torrent software in order to read the torrents that are transmitted. However, I would stay clear of any book torrents or torrent sites. These are usually havens for illegal products and viruses.
You can search for your desired e-book or browse through the huge list of free e-books offered on the Google Play Books store. Add the book to My Books to read it online or on your mobile device. Internet Archive is a non-profit library and Open Library by Internet Archive is filled with millions of free books. Their goal is to provide all material ever published to be available to the world.
For a book on Open Library, you have the option to read, download, or borrow. The same can be read by anyone on many different devices. Their vision is to provide a comprehensive library of books in digital format for free. The books are mostly classic literature. New books are uploaded daily to the constantly expanding library of ManyBooks. You can subscribe to their newsletter to get updated details about new free and discounted eBooks.
In their articles section, you also get to read about new books and book reviews. OverDrive is a free service to enjoy eBooks and audiobooks offered by your local public library or school. You can borrow ebooks and audiobooks anytime and on any device. All you need is a valid library card or student ID. You get slightly different content as each library or school picks the digital content they want for their users. These books are a digitized version of books that attained the public domain status.
They have created Books with separate editions optimized for devices with different screen sizes like PCs, Tablets, and Mobiles. You require membership registration to download pdf books from their library. With over 59, free eBooks, Project Gutenberg offers a good reading list. For Project Gutenberg , many volunteers helped in making these books available to read online and for free. There are no fees or registration but they do ask for donations or volunteering which you can do if you prefer to.
Books can be searched by title, author, top e-books and even offline catalogue search. One can even save books directly to Google Drive or DropBox. Sharing ebook is an online repository of over books that you can legally download in PDF format for free and without any registration required. This is convenient because PDF files are readable by almost all document readers and ebook applications.
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