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Q&A Does giving away free stories boost sales?

I can offer no evidence, but speaking as a reader, it would make me more likely to purchase a book if I had read and enjoyed the writer's freebies. Because I've already seen the writer's skill, ...

posted 13y ago by Lauren Ipsum‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-13T11:59:56Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/1929
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T01:20:41Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/1929
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T01:20:41Z (almost 5 years ago)
I can offer no evidence, but speaking as a reader, it would make me more likely to purchase a book if I had read and enjoyed the writer's freebies.

1. Because I've already seen the writer's skill, style, and characters, and decided whether the writer was appealing to me
2. After a coupla freebies I start to feel like I owe the person something, and should support the generous writer with some money
3. Particularly if the writer is posting freebies in some interactive manner, so I could feel like I was part of a community, and thereby got a little invested in "seeing my cyber-friend's work do well."
#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2011-03-08T19:05:13Z (over 13 years ago)
Original score: 4