Many indie authors offer their books for free in the hope of getting reviews. It is a noble guest and generous, but there is no profit from this in the long term.
Why? People will get a book free, and then they will not leave a review. Sometimes you can get a review if you repeat you need it, or if a person is your friend, but unknown people are not obligated to review, so in general, they will not do it.
If you show your audience they can get every book for free, you show they don't need to pay for your work. It is not about money, it is about your rating. You invested in your book, cover, formatting, and editing, and now you should give a book for free?
Indie books are cheap. The E-book is between 0.99 cents and 3.45 dollars, and this is small money. Kindle will take their percentage, and you can't get much. But, your product must have a price, you are not a charity. Even if this price is symbolic, still your product is marked for sale.
Ask people, do they remember how much money they spent by year, buying unnecessary products they will not use? How much nail polish do women buy, how many cigarettes do people smoke, and why do you need to see a new lipstick from Kyle Jenner and pay for this?
If you are always the person who does everything for free, you are showing your character, as someone who doesn't know his worth:
You are afraid to ask to get paid.
You think you are not good enough to get paid.
You think this is not well mannered to ask for payment.
Whatever you do, you are spending your time. If this time is just for free, you could use it for something else.
Successful people are not rude. They are not greedy either. They just know their value, and they will refuse to do something for free. You are buying bread in the bakery, did you get it for free? No, I don't think so.
Show your financial intelligence. Invest, prove your skills, and start your sale.
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