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Has anyone promoted their e-book with Kindle Countdown Deals (the new sales tool from Amazon) yet?
I've just reduced 'A Writer on Writing - Advice to make You A Success' to half price (99p) for the next 7 days. Not sure what to expect from it.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Writer-Writing-Advice-Make-Success-ebook/dp/B00C0GBRS6/
It's also reduced in the US:
http://www.amazon.com/Writer-Writing-Advice-Make-Success-ebook/dp/B00C0GBRS6/
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My conclusion so far is that if I were bringing out a new book, I would do one free promo (to get on the 'Customers who also bought' lists) and any future promos would be Countdown Deals - but only if the book is long enough to warrant the £1.99 minimum price for the Countdown Promo.
So there's still a couple of days to grab this book for 99p - and I'm very unlikely to offer if it for free in the future.
Thank you Sallyj for keeping us posted. It is useful to know how other people have felt these offers have worked. I have done the free giveaways but haven't tried the countdown yet. Don't know whether I will bother or not. Perhaps I'll try it in the new year. :)
In September I had a free promotion and there were 80 downloads in the UK and 338 in the US. I didn't notice any rise in sales/reviews afterwards.This week I've had 16 discounted sales in the UK and 2 in the US. A lot fewer downloads but psychologically it feels better that I'm not just giving away my book for free.
I will probably do this again in a few months but try and orchestrate a better marketing strategy to let people know that it's discounted.
In the meantime, you have the rest of today (Sat) to download the book for only 99p (half price) - it'd be great to get a few more down loads before the promotion ends:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Writer-Writing-Advice-Make-Success-ebook/dp/B00C0GBRS6/
There's some lovely reviews on the Amazon page, including a few by fellow TB'ers - thanks guys!
Yes, you're right Baggy - Debbie is a very knowledgeable person.
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