That's why you don't put the free e-book on amazon but on your website. People who see your book on amazon or other book sale websites yet go trough the effort

That's why you don't put the free e-book on amazon but on your website. People who see your book on amazon or other book sale websites yet go trough the effort of searching for it somewhere else are probably more likely to be stripped for funds but still want to read it. On the other hand a lot of people on the kindle store download books just because they are free and never get the time to read it.