TWO FREE BOOKS - RESULTS

Two of my books were recently on the free list at Amazon.

The last two times I gave away books, the total for the first day alone equaled nearly 90% of the entire run. This time it was a little different.

First day for MAD MINUTE: 60% of the total.

First day for EXPLODING WIZARD: 40% of the total.

Sales of HOT STATUS: 67% of the total.

For the first four days, totals dropped every day for MAD MINUTE. WIZARD followed that trend, with the exception of the fourth day, which saw nearly a fifty percent rise over the third day.

The first TWO days business averaged 72% of the eventual total action.

The first four days ran in a row from Tuesday to Friday and the event was advertised on five book promotion sites. The fifth day came a few days later and was unadvertised. (I was running out of time to use up my Select promo days, so I dumped them all out there.)

The totals from the fifth day were better than the fourth day of the advertised session. That means folks were stumbling onto these books on their own, just by perusing Amazon's site.

Although the percent-of-total number was not nearly as dramatic as the first two giveaways, I still think it makes sense to limit these freebie sessions to one or two days at a time.

And definitely get some listings on the promotion sites.

Comparing the two thrillers, well more than twice as many copies of MAD MINUTE were given out on the first day as the first days for HOT STATUS. Probably a lot of folks who got the earlier book for free took the opportunity to grab the sequel for free, too.

But overall there were 50% more copies of the sequel given out than the prequel, so I think that represents progress.

Comparing the adult thriller to the kid's fantasy novel: MAD MINUTE accounted for two and a half times the downloads.

On the other hand, the thriller had THREE and a half times the words. And took one hell of a lot longer to write.

All in all, having three or four books in a children's fantasy series out there would probably make you more money than one thriller. More books means more exposure.

And if you had four books in a series, you could probably give the first one away for free every day. That couldn't hurt.

Speaking of four books, MY fourth book is due out any minute now, but it's not part of any series. It's not even fiction.

More about that later.

Sooner, than later...