Just a short note to let you know that Like a Bird is now free on iBooks. Well, as soon as it appears on the iTunes store it will be free. I will attempt to get Amazon to match it but that’s not always guaranteed., some authors have quite a bit of trouble getting Amazon to price match and they don’t offer a free option for sellers (which is a shame and also frustrating). It may show up here too as a free download in a variety of formats.

I wasn’t sure if I should do this. It wasn’t because I was trying to squeeze as much dough from my readers, it was mainly because there is quite a bit of research indicating that people don’t value things that are free. If it costs nothing, it must be worth nothing, right? I also found that most of the downloads I received during the brief promotion periods when Like a Bird was free didn’t result in a lot of feedback for me and feedback is something all creative people crave. It’s pretty much a valued currency, like gold.

Various attempts at paid marketing and other schemes didn’t result in many new readers, if any at all. The more research I did the more frustrated I was at how much time I was spending trying to market the book and not actually writing more books! Last night I poured out my woes as my husband listened patiently. Then he said,

“Why don’t you just give the book away for free?”

Damn him! Always coming up with the brilliant, simple solutions. I thought about it for maybe 7 seconds, then nodded my head. Yeah, that was what I needed to do. Get Like a Bird into the hands of as many people as possible. Whether they read it or not doesn’t matter. What matters is a few people will read it and the more people who read it the more this 3 year project will seem worthwhile.

** As of this writing the book is only available from the US iBooks store. I can’t even see my own book!

Download Like a Bird here.