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Arianna
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Re: Who benefits from free eBooks?

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Any one can take the benefits for the free Ebooks. because that provides more informations free of charges.
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Ebooks easy to carry and storage
Ebooks convenient reading
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I think it benefits indie authors by getting the word out about their books. Word of mouth is the best advertising for authors and the free promos are a great way to do it.

I love it because if you are patient you can find some real gems. Of course you do have to wade thru a bunch of crap to find the good ones.
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I think that readers and authors both benefit. I've been turned onto some really great authors by reading free selections from them that I may not have purchased, then went on to purchase more of their work.
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I have heard that free ebooks lead to sales of other books. I have also heard about people who use free ebooks to sell a product. I also routinely buy the 99 cent books. Rarely, will I spend more than $5 on an ebook. I just read way too much to spend a lot of money on books.
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Those who own a lot of books know how much space they can take up, but with a reader, your bookshelf is located on a small handheld device, your computer or on both. This will save you a lot of storage space and also means you have a backup online if something happens to your books.
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I have read free books and gone on to buy books from the same author. I bet I am not the only one.
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Everyone!! from the author to publisher to distributor to the readers. If not the chain will stop.
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DanaB wrote:I am chiming in to add my agreement with what several posters have said ^^^^ about how reading free e-books often sends me in search of more of a particular author's work. I have been joyfully introduced to many, many good authors and great reads this way.

Granted, there are some wicked bad free e-books out there--however, there are plenty of wicked bad not free books out there, as well!

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I so agree with this and other posts along the same lines. I've gone on to pay for many books from the same writer after reading a free edition. This is particularly true for scifi, which I love - but this genre (particularly on Amazon Kindle Books) seems to have a very high instance of "serial" books, and offering the first book in a series free often generates more sales for the second, third etc book in the series. I also like Amazon's "try a sample" system, although I've found that sometimes a complete book doesn't live up to the promise contained in the sample. So, all in all, I am a fan of the "free" book system.

P.S. I'm also a bit of a sceptic when it comes to freebies - I don't believe anything is really free, and somehow, somewhere, we are paying, however subtley, for these so-called "free" books!!
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bcling wrote:As an avid reader of free e-books, I can definitely say I benefit from free e-books! But I'd also like to add that some authors do also benefit. When I read a free book that I really enjoy, I often will go to Amazon and find more by the same author and purchase, sometime multiple books at a time. I see the free books as a chance to sample what the author is like. Of course there are times when I didn't enjoy a book and I know that I will probably bypass others by that author.

I agree with you I am the same on Amazon I see the free books as looking at authors I have not looked at before and if I happen to like the book I am reading I more than likely will purchase one of their other reads. Some of the books are 1st in a series and you want to keep reading the series and will purchase the remaining. It's actually a good ploy for the author or Amazon to see the series as long as the 1st one is good.
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I benefit all round as a reader I get to try books I may not have read, if I like them then the author benefits because I'll probably buy other books by them. As an author I use free books to 'get the word out' ... a kind of 'Hello, I'm over here'. And then sit and pray they like my work enough to do what I do in that situation.

Also, since I earn enough to feed a hamster for a week I can read a lot of books without having to pay for them.
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What first came to mind when I read free eBooks were the timeless Classic Literature novels. I could see many students now a days with internet access benefiting from the ease of access if it were required reading in school. I have also noticed that many e-book authors will give the first book of a series for free, thus allowing the reader to get to know the author and hopefully hook them on reading the rest in the series. I don't mind getting getting hooked on a good book and would gladly pay to read the next.
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Everyone!the authors get some recognition and readers getbfree books its a win
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psychoken wrote:Everyone!! From the author to publisher to distributor to the readers. If not the chain will stop.
Maybe the only way to fight back is to read free ebooks.

This feature may be of interest--

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Apple had been accused of colluding with five publishers to boost ebook prices beginning in late 2009, as the Silicon Valley giant was preparing to launch its popular iPad tablet. The US Department of Justice said this conspiracy was designed to undercut online retailer Amazon's dominance of the fast-growing e-books market. Each of the five publishers originally named in the US government's civil lawsuit settled the case, leaving Apple to stand trial alone."

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Post by wctumesh »

Ebooks (in the form of digital audio books) free you to do other activities ... give a reader most or all of the advantages of a paper-based book.Download a free sample to check out a book before you buy. Accessibility- One of the most valuable advantages to ebook readers is their accessibility.
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