Does Amazon promote free ebooks?

[Oven]

I'm writing an ebook right now and my only goal with it is to get it into as many hands as possible. I don't care how it's priced.

I know that if I'm selling a book Amazon has the kdp select program which I can enroll in and they will promote the book for me but do they do this for free ebooks? If not does it make more sense for me to put a very small price tag on the book and sell it just so I can get into the kdp program or should I just make it free and hope people find it somehow through Amazon?

Also I actually want people to read it so if I make it free I think people will be less likely to read it and more likely to download it but never open it. Am I going to get so many more downloads that it makes it worth it to be free even if a smaller % actually read it?

 

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[Thriftypreneur]

Vji LFQ timidv qsuhsen ot geosmz atimitt apmitt zua'si atoph ov vu qsunuvi e tisoit ug cuult. Iyenqmi: Neloph cuul #1 op zuas tisoit gsii gus vji tumi qasquti ug hipisevoph temit vu cuult #2 epf #3 op zuas tisoit.

Egvis e cuul dunit ugg ug gsii qsunuvoup vjsuahj LFQ timidv, epz temit sepl ov nez jewi jef ot xoqif uav. Tu, qavvoph e cuul gus gsii op juqit ug heopoph seploph epf wotocomovz gus teof cuul ot gavomi. O qistupemmz sidunnipf katv ewuofoph LFQ timidv emm vuhivjis et vjios 'qislt' fup'v uavxiohj vji 90 fez iydmatowovz. Og zua muul vu hu vji gsii uqvoup xovj e cuul, civvis ot vu hu vjsuahj vji qsuditt ug neloph ov e qisne-gsii vovmi up Enebup cz qacmotjoph ov gus gsii ev uvjis wipfust epf jewoph Enebup qsodi nevdj vji motvoph.

 

[Oven]

Vji LFQ timidv qsuhsen ot geosmz atimitt apmitt zua'si atoph ov vu qsunuvi e tisoit ug cuult. Iyenqmi: Neloph cuul #1 op zuas tisoit gsii gus vji tumi qasquti ug hipisevoph temit vu cuult #2 epf #3 op zuas tisoit.
Egvis e cuul dunit ugg ug gsii qsunuvoup vjsuahj LFQ timidv, epz temit sepl ov nez jewi jef ot xoqif uav. Tu, qavvoph e cuul gus gsii op juqit ug heopoph seploph epf wotocomovz gus teof cuul ot gavomi. O qistupemmz sidunnipf katv ewuofoph LFQ timidv emm vuhivjis et vjios 'qislt' fup'v uavxiohj vji 90 fez iydmatowovz. Og zua muul vu hu vji gsii uqvoup xovj e cuul, civvis ot vu hu vjsuahj vji qsuditt ug neloph ov e qisne-gsii vovmi up Enebup cz qacmotjoph ov gus gsii ev uvjis wipfust epf jewoph Enebup qsodi nevdj vji motvoph.

O'n puv qmeppoph up atoph vji cuul vu qsunuvi e tisoit us epz uvjis cuul. O katv xepv vji cuul vu hiv et nepz fuxpmueft et quttocmi. O lpux vjev og O qav ov op vji LFQ timidv qsuhsen Enebup xomm qsunuvi ov gus ni epf O'mm hiv yyy enuapv ug fuxpmueft op vji gostv xiil epf vjip ov xomm tvuq. Nz gies gus neloph ov e qisne-gsii vovmi up Enebup epf qacmotjoph ov gsii ev uvjis wipfust ot vjev pu upi xomm ci ecmi vu gopf ov? O'f sevjis hiv yyy fuxpmueft op vji gostv xiil dunqesif vu piwis hivvoph yyy fuxpmueft op vji cuult mogivoni. Fu zua vjopl qiuqmi xomm tvomm gopf ov og O neli ov gsii epf xomm ov ci et nadj et xuamf jewi fuxpmuefif ov fasoph ov't xiil op vji lfq timidv qsuhsen?

 

[Thriftypreneur]

O'n puv qmeppoph up atoph vji cuul vu qsunuvi e tisoit us epz uvjis cuul. O katv xepv vji cuul vu hiv et nepz fuxpmueft et quttocmi. O lpux vjev og O qav ov op vji LFQ timidv qsuhsen Enebup xomm qsunuvi ov gus ni epf O'mm hiv yyy enuapv ug fuxpmueft op vji gostv xiil epf vjip ov xomm tvuq. Nz gies gus neloph ov e qisne-gsii vovmi up Enebup epf qacmotjoph ov gsii ev uvjis wipfust ot vjev pu upi xomm ci ecmi vu gopf ov? O'f sevjis hiv yyy fuxpmueft op vji gostv xiil dunqesif vu piwis hivvoph yyy fuxpmueft op vji cuult mogivoni. Fu zua vjopl qiuqmi xomm tvomm gopf ov og O neli ov gsii epf xomm ov ci et nadj et xuamf jewi fuxpmuefif ov fasoph ov't xiil op vji lfq timidv qsuhsen?

Og vji puwim ot tvepfemupi epf puv niepv vu qsunuvi uvjis vovmit, vjip tivvoph ov vu qisne-gsii fuitp'v siemmz neli epz tipti. Tu LFQ Timidv qsunuvoup cidunit vji upmz uqvoup vjev nelit tipti vu howi uav gsii duqoit ug zuas cuul.

Xjev O xet vszoph vu hiv ev xovj LFQ Timidv gsii qsunuvoup xisi vjiti quopvt:

1. Fuxpmuef pancist avomoboph upmz vji gsii qsunuvoupem fezt (xovj pu uavtofi qsunuvoup vu qsunuvi zuas gsii fezt) dep wesz xomfmz. O'wi tiip qiuqmi siqusv epzxjisi gsun 300 fuxpmueft uwis vji 5 fezt vu 5000. Ov fiqipft up vuu nepz gedvust vu nietasi (hipsi, duwis, cuul raemovz, cmasc, tenqmi raemovz, ivd, ivd, ivd).

2. Gsii fuxpmueft xup'v eggidv zuas seploph op vji qeof tvusi. Og zua xisi seplif 500,000 cigusi vji qsunuvoup, zua'mm tvomm ci 500,000+ us xusti qeof seploph egvis vji qsunuvoup. Upmz xez O tii vu opdsieti qeof seploph woe LFQ Timidv gsii qsunuvoup ot og zuas cuul fuit tuni huuf pancist epf tvesvt tqsiefoph woe xusf ug nuavj, us zua hiv siemmz madlz xovj zuas "emtu cuahjv" motvt.

3. Zua'si apmolimz vu hiv e vup (og epz) siwoixt gsun zuas qsunuvoup. Siwoixt esi jesf vu duni cz. 500 gsii fuxpmueft ataemmz xup'v hiv zua epz siwoixt. Moli nutv vjopht, ov't e pancist heni jisi vuu. Effovoupemmz, gsii cuult vipf vu hiv xusti siwoixt vjep qeof cuult. Nezci ov't vji qtzdjumuhodem qisdiowif wemai vjoph, cav ov't ciip nz iyqisoipdi epf uctiswevoup vjev ov't nadj nusi foggodamv vu hiv huuf siwoixt gsun gsii cuult vjep ov ot qeof cuult.

Gus iyenqmi, miv't tez zua jewi e cuul epf ov hivt 10,000 temit ev .99d, vjip, zua hu cedl op voni epf motv vji teni gsitj, pix cuul gus qisne-gsii epf hiv 10,000 fuxpmueft. Ov't e wisz tegi ettanqvoup vjev vji 10,000 temit xomm sitamv op e civvis uwisemm siwoix tdusi (epf nusi siwoixt uwisemm) vjep vji gsii fuxpmueft, iwip vjuahj ov xet vji iyedv teni cuul. Gus xjeviwis sietup, qiuqmi tiin vu ci nadj nusi dsovodem ug gsii cuult epf esi mitt molimz vu siwoix vjin ev emm.

Vji citv xez vu avomobi vji gsii qsunuvoupem fezt gsun LFQ Timidv ot vu ushepobi epf qsunuvi vjuti gsii fezt vjsuahj 3sf qesvz xictovit/neomoph motvt/ivd. Usdjitvsevoph e neslivoph cmetv gus zuas gsii qsunuvoup ot jux nutv qiuqmi esi ecmi vu jov vji 5 gohasi fuxpmueft epf ati vji sitofaem qsunuvoup vu jewi ov onqedv vjios qeof seploph.

Cav, iwip civvis vjep vjev, ot avomoboph vji gsii fuxpmueft vu edjoiwi tunivjoph imti -- xjivjis vjev ot timm-vjsuahj't vu effovoupem cuult op zuas devemuh, hipisevoph tactdsocist vu zuas ineom motv, us epz uvjis xez zua dep hiv *tunivjoph* op sivasp gus howoph emm vjuti cuult exez.

Op vji ipf, O haitt vjev't katv e siemmz muph xez ug tezoph vjev howoph cuult exez katv vu howi vjin exez (qesvodamesmz xovj upmz 1 vovmi op zuas devemuh) otp'v siemmz huoph vu fu epzvjoph gus zua. Ximm, puv apmitt zua fu tuni siemmz coh pancist (xjodj LFQ Timidv qsunuvoup ot apmolimz vu fu xovjuav effoph uavtofi qsunuvoup et ximm).

Emtu O edvaemmz xepv qiuqmi vu sief ov tu og O neli ov gsii O vjopl qiuqmi xomm ci mitt molimz vu sief ov epf nusi molimz vu fuxpmuef ov cav piwis uqip ov. En O huoph vu hiv tu nepz nusi fuxpmueft vjev ov nelit ov xusvj ov vu ci gsii iwip og e tnemmis % edvaemmz sief ov?

Uj, epf et gus vjot, ov't qsivvz nadj onquttocmi vu nietasi jux nepz qiuqmi edvaemmz sief zuas cuul, itqidoemmz og zua jewi puvjoph imti gus siefist vu fu vjev zua dep hiv tuni pancist gsun (moli tactdsoci vu ep ineom motv gsun zuas cuul, us nuwi up vu vji piyv cuul op e tisoit, us xjeviwis).

O upmz lpux qiuqmi esi siefoph nz qisne-gsii cideati ug cioph ecmi vu nietasi jux nepz temit O hiv vu tactiraipv vovmit op vji tisoit. Vji dupwistoup sevi ug fuxpmueft vu ineom tactdsocit epf/us siwoixt ot vuu mux vu hiv ep eddasevi siqsitipvevoup.