I'm delighted my friend Toby Buckell saw a surge in numbers for his book - but he's not reporting hard numbers. (The two who did, probably not coincidentally, have very large web presences, and plugged the giveaways themselves online.) Tor has released 20 books now under this program, and we (the blogosphere debating this) have hard data (actual numbers) for zero of them, and anecdotal evidence for three, two who saw sales increases and one who didn't. Anyway, I thought this was something you and your readers might find interesting.Do go read Simon's article, and also have a look at this one from John Scalzi on the same topic.įor me, it all comes down to this: business models should be built on actual data, not anecdotal evidence. My article on the subject was posted over here.
I got a chance recently to talk to several Tor authors and asked them whether the ebook releases boosted sales. Simon Owens at Bloggasm sent me this note this morning: I remember seeing one or two posts of yours about Tor's experiment releasing free ebooks.
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