Part of the Indie Authors Series
My blog post this month came from a chance encounter on Facebook, that source of profound conversations, and cat videos. The topic was indie authors giving away their books for free, or at a greatly reduced price, like 99 cents. The poster urged her fellow authors to hold the line, to not hand over one's work for little or nothing. She felt that by doing so we were devaluing our creativity, that we don’t think our books are worth the time, effort and tears we put into them. She further argued that top-selling authors don’t discount their books and readers still buy them. Some of the comments under the post agreed with that line in the sand, though those same posters admitted to using 99 cents or free promotions every now and then. The difference was whether the book was reduced for a longer period of time, or indefinitely.
