Robert’s Comments (group member since Mar 10, 2012)

Robert’s comments from the How to Promote YOUR book on Amazon group.

What happened to the Goodreads ebook giveaway, 100 ebooks for $119?

One thing that can happen is that when someone orders your book they might not get what they were expecting. On Amazon I ordered Phoenix Rising (Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences, #1) by Pip Ballantine, Tee Morris (showed the picture on the cover) but instead got Phoenix Rising by Karen Hesse, a book about living in the shadow of 3 Mile Island. Not what I was expecting.

Robert wrote: "Does anyone know how to put a book on Amazon with $0 price? I see books with 0$, are all of these promos and KDP Select?
I asked Amazon, they sent this back:

Please know, due to operational costs,..."

I get to answer my own question, put the book on BN first and make it $0 and check the box in Amazon that says available for a lower price. This sets in motion the ability to make the price 0$. You can try it on Smashwords but some one said Amazon does not pay attention to Smashwords. The book can't be in the KDP Select Lending program as one of the rules is that only Amazon can be distributing the book.

Does anyone know how to put a book on Amazon with $0 price? I see books with 0$, are all of these promos and KDP Select?
I asked Amazon, they sent this back:

Please know, due to operational costs, it isn't possible to select a $0 price
for your book at this time.

When authors and publishers use Kindle Direct Publishing to publish their book,
the minimum list prices allowed are $0.99 for the 35% royalty option and $2.99
for the 70% royalty option. We may, however, match free promotions with other
sales channels from time to time.

However, I see that you've opted for KDP select program for this Kindle title.
Thus, you'll now have access to a new set of promotional tools, starting with
the option to offer enrolled books free to readers for up to 5 days every 90
days. You can enroll a single title, your whole catalog, or anything in between.

I missed the fine print where it said you could not post books for 0$. Using the KDP select, you get 5 days of 0$, when done like this, you apparently get a lot of downloads from people with the idea of reading the book later because it is for free now. Eventually they will see it.

Is it possible to put links to your other books in each book?