The minimum Amazon allows you to price your eBook is $0.99. Unfortunately, you cannot publish your eBook and set the price to “free” at Amazon. A better solution is to make your book permanently free or “permafree.” The Mechanics of Making an eBook Free at Amazon Additionally, KDP Select has been criticized (rightly) because it requires exclusivity at Amazon and doesn’t allow you to publish your eBook anywhere else-including your own website. ![]() The logistics of this can prove troublesome if you are trying to run a BookBub promotion when your book is free and BookBub decides to surprise you with the date when they send out a blast email featuring your book. Additionally, with KDP Select you only get to pick 5 days every 3 months where you book is free as Indies Unlimited points out. It had some big promotional opportunities when it launched in late 2011, but it has kind of gone downhill-despite Amazon still pushing it. It seems that none of the cool kids use KDP Select anymore. KDP Select is so 2012, Go Permafree instead BB eBooks uses free eBooks as one of the cornerstones of our marketing strategy. Another benefit of free eBooks is the ability to use them as a form of content marketing for small businesses. Based on her sales ranking, making the first books in her series free has been a tremendous success. She released the prequel and first book in the Rescue Me Saga free to entice readers to buy the later books in the series. However, many successful authors swear by this practice, including romance author Kallypso Masters. Working hard on writing, editing, and marketing an eBook just to release it for free may sound somewhat counterintuitive-and perhaps a bad business strategy. ![]() Making Your eBooks Permanently Free at Amazonīy Paul Salvette Why Would You Make Your eBook Free?
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