Playing Games with Amazon KDP
I published Space, Time and Other Dimensions a couple of weeks ago. I set the Kindle version to go on a free promotion for the three days on December 23, 24, and 25. This way I could take advantage of people at home during Christmas.
Why would I want to give away my book for free? The answer is that I wanted to make it into one of Amazon’s Best-Seller lists. It worked. My book made it to #3 in Kindle Science Fiction Anthologies. It was also in the top ten for Kindle Hard Science Fiction and Kindle Cyberpunk. As a result, I made about $20 in sales and got lots of interest in the book.
Today is Boxing Day, and the book is no longer free. It has dropped to about 1,000 in the lists. I hope that enough free versions have been delivered that it will create interest, and maybe get a few reviews.
This is how you game Kindle KDP. I will let you know next month if it was worth it.