So Star Wanderers: Outworlder (Part I) is available for free now on Kobo and Smashwords (it’s also free on a couple of other sites, but hasn’t yet updated to the new version–see Monday’s post for the explanation). I would like to make it free on Amazon, too, but I need your help! Here’s what I need you to do:
Step 1: Copy this URL
It’s the page for the book on Kobo. Amazon doesn’t usually price match to Smashwords, but if you want to be extra awesome you can do that too.
Step 2: Go to Amazon and click on “tell us about a lower price”
Open a tab in your browser and navigate to the Amazon page for Star Wanderers: Outworlder (Part I). Above the customer reviews section and below the “Customers Who Bought This Also Bought” is a section labeled “Product details”:
Click on “tell us about a lower price,” and a small window should pop up.
Step 3: Fill out the details and click “submit feedback”
The window should be pretty self explanatory. It basically asks you where the book is selling for less, and how much it is selling for. Select the option for the online store, paste the Kobo URL into the appropriate field, and fill out the price/shipping details:
It shouldn’t take more than a couple of moments. After that, you’re done!
If you could do that for me, I would really appreciate it. Amazon’s bots are sporadic and unpredictable, but if a whole bunch of different people (from different ISPs using different Amazon accounts) tell them that a book is free, they’re more likely to price match.
If you’re an Amazon customer and use the UK, French, German, Spanish, or Italian stores, it would be even more awesome if you could help me out! I’ve never been able to get any of my titles to price match on those stores, though I’ve certainly wanted to. Here are the links for Star Wanderers: Outworlder (Part I):
So why would I want to give this book away for free? Well, Star Wanderers: Fidelity (Part II) is already out, and the next two installments should be out in a few months as well. Plus, I figure that people who read this and enjoy it will be interested in checking out my other titles as well. I’ve already made Sholpan and “From the Ice Incarnate” permanently free, and it’s helped a lot to drive attention to my other works.
So thanks for your help! I really appreciate it. I don’t have anything to give you for taking the trouble, but if all works out, you might be able to download a free ebook soon. 😉 Enjoy!
