This is a followup to my previous post you can read here.

I gave away about 700 copies of The Redemption a few months ago as an experiment. Never been too fond of the idea, but thought that if I could get it into a few hundred sets of hands, maybe that would spread the word about the book. Publicity?!

Results at the two month’s marker: Two more Goodreads reviews and only one new Amazon review.

Preliminary conclusions: It could certainly be that many who downloaded the book simply haven’t read it yet. I can deduce from KindleUnlimited page read metrics that most of my readers who start the book do finish it. And so far, the 42 reviews I have received (Amazon and Goodreads) have been favorable.

It may be true that many “readers” simply download anything free that comes along and may or may not read it in the future. Given how hard it is to get someone to review anyone’s book, there will be much that I will never know.

The verdict: Don’t do free. I won’t do it again unless I receive at least a dozen or so new reviews in the upcoming months. My books are now priced back at 2.99 and are well worth every penny. Now if I can just get everyone else to feel that way… 🙂

Thanks for listening. I’ll update at the end of six months (if I remember 🙂 )