![]() So on September 18, 2016, I pulled my books from KU, published them wide on Apple, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, and Google Play. See, when I first started publishing, I’d made a deal with my husband: Give me five years, and if this author thing isn’t going anywhere, I’ll go back to my regular day job as an accountant. I needed to do something to get more exposure, grow my brand, and increase my earnings. ![]() Sales were okay, but they were not where I wanted them to be. ![]() My marketing pretty much consisted of putting my books in Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited and the occasional hodgepodge of promo on social media. During that time, I had written and published a total of four books in the series. I fought against making the first book free for years. (And yes, it did take me a year to write my first book. However, I soon discovered it to be one of the best marketing tools I’ve ever used. ![]() “Give away a year’s worth of work for FREE? Are you crazy?” This is what I would always think to myself when I heard a fellow author suggest making the first book in your series free to bring in new readers. ![]()
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