Are you
wanting to find some new authors to get excited about but don’t want to shell
out for a book that might disappoint? Or are you simply looking for a new way
to feed your reading addiction without starving yourself on ramen soup and box
mac and cheese? There may be no such thing as a free lunch, but there is such a thing as a free book. Lots of free books, actually. Lots and lots
of free books in almost any genre you can name.
No, I’m not
talking about pirate sites. Piracy is stealing from artists, a very bad thing
to do which will surely result in bad karma for lifetimes to come (and in this
lifetime as well, since you are risking downloading a nasty virus with every
work you steal.)
I’m talking
about Instafreebie, a site authors go to in order to give away sneak previews,
teaser chapters, tie-in short stories and, yes, even whole novels. Absolutely
no strings attached, though many works may be available for a limited time
only.
While would
authors do this? Because we’re confident enough of our writing to think that
you might like what you read enough to buy something else we’ve written. Or we
hope you might drift over to Amazon when you’re done reading and look up the
same work in order to leave a review. (Little-known fact: you do not have to
have purchased a book on Amazon in order to leave a review on Amazon.) In my
case, it’s a little of both; I’m currently giving away copies of The Beast Within, a short-story prequel
to my steampunk Victorian detective novel A Hunt by Moonlight. My fellow author Dale Ivan Smith used Instafreebie quite
successfully to create buzz for his fabulous Empowered. superhero urban fantasy series. (Hint: the prequel is still available for free!)
Right now is
a great time to try out Instafreebie! Over 100 science fiction and fantasy
authors (including Dale and myself) have banded together to offer a June SFFBook Bonanza! While you’re checking it out, be sure to scroll through the
offerings. About halfway down you you can enter to win a Kindle paperwhite!
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