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I don't disagree at all. I've given away copies of my own work, both in digital and physical formats. I guess my question is, where do you draw the line? You s

by tjr 14y ago

I don't disagree at all. I've given away copies of my own work, both in digital and physical formats. I guess my question is, where do you draw the line? You said, there is a lot of evidence that promotional copies sell books. Sure. But if you give them all away, what do you sell? (Assuming that you want to sell any at all.)

Zigurd 14y ago
"Sure. But if you give them all away, what do you sell?" The anecdotal evidence Guy Kawasaki bases his advice for self-publishers on is that giving away books is always good. My publishers have signing events at conferences and give away case-loads of my current book at these events. Amazon sales always spike afterward. In practical terms, that tipping point seems to be very far out there.