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DavidDvorkin

(19,889 posts)
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 04:16 PM Sep 2012

Children of the Undead

A social and political satire disguised as a comic novel about zombies and pickles. Or possibly the other way around.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0097YGG62

The Kindle version will be free for five days, starting tomorrow. I thought I'd try the free-book marketing idea and see how -- or if -- it works.


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Children of the Undead (Original Post) DavidDvorkin Sep 2012 OP
So far, lots and lots of free copies are being downloaded DavidDvorkin Sep 2012 #1
Congratulations on the book! nt OnyxCollie Sep 2012 #2
Thank you. DavidDvorkin Sep 2012 #3

DavidDvorkin

(19,889 posts)
1. So far, lots and lots of free copies are being downloaded
Tue Sep 11, 2012, 08:04 PM
Sep 2012

Most of those in the US, but with a lot in the UK and a few in Germany.

However, I haven't noticed any spike in the number of my other e-books being sold on Amazon.

Maybe this doesn't prove anything one way or the other about the value of this marketing technique, since those who downloaded the free copies probably haven't had time to read them yet.

Or they've read enough of the book to know that they don't care for it, but I'm trying not to think about that.

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