Authors Electric

I tried the free book giveaway marketing tactic earlier this year. Gaining a following of supportive readers motivated me to do it.  Far more successful self-published authors used the “perm-free” model to gain new readers, new markets and a lot of brand new pounds and euros in their bank accounts. Why not try it? If they achieved greater book sales using the model of giving away their equity for free, surely it should work for me. The experts claimed  giving away one of my books for free helped me gain the all important newsletter subscriber, the holy grail of author-driven book marketing. They are worth gold! They sell your books! They give you reviews! I wrote copy for my automation sequence, tweaked my landing page and wrote copy for Facebook ads designed to entice readers to give me their email address in exchange for a free copy of my book. The future looked so bright, until it dimmed. Over time a sense of crudeness creeped over me.  With each free ...

To celebrate the release of two new picture eBooks: The Perfect Christmas Tree ( UK download , US download ) and Where It's Always Winter ( UK download , US download ) between now and Christmas Eve I'll be giving away some of my other picture eBooks. So between 5th December and the 9th December Captain and Nugget  will be available for FREE: UK download - US download Then between the 10th December and the 14th December The Best Rabbit  (part of the Burdock the Rabbit series) will be available for download for FREE from the UK Amazon store and the US Amazon store . This is followed by Clever Rabbit (also part of the Burdock the Rabbit series) which will be FREE between 15th December and 19th December. To enjoy this book download from the UK Amazon site HERE  or the US Amazon site HERE . Finally the third in the Burdock the Rabbit series  The Abacus  will be available for FREE between the 20th December and the 24th December. U...

Last month I posted a few activity sheets to this blog that compliment my first ebook featuring the fun and naughty character Anansi - The Trickster Spider ( UK Amazon link - US Amazon link ). If you missed them they can be found by clicking here .    In the midst of the mayhem of helping organise our hugely successful ebook giveaway on the 23rd and 24th April I also managed, with a lot of help from my partner Jon to publish a follow on title Anansi - Trickier Than Ever ( UK Amazon link - US Amazon link ). This title includes 8 new fun stories aimed at adults who love to share humorous stories with the children in their lives. The stories featured are: How Anansi missed four parties in one night Anansi invites Turtle to tea How Anansi, Fly and Ant won the sun Anansi and the talking melon Anansi and the moss covered rock Why Anansi has thin, long legs Anansi and the field of corn Anansi and the tug of war This month I wanted to give a few new activity sheet...

Yes you did read that correctly - FREE eBooks. In honour of and to celebrate World Book Night  over the 23rd and 24th April 2011the eBooks listed below will be FREE to download.  So please feel free to click on the link and download.  Once you've filled your Kindle with some great new reads tell your friends and family to visit us and take the opportunity to discover something new. And remember you don't have to have a Kindle to read these eBooks and enjoy them for FREE. Simply download the free app, so you can read them on your PC, Mac or Android phone. Just follow the 'No Kindle? No problem! link on the right.  We hope you enjoy! PLEASE NOTE: If visiting us a.m. on the 23rd our books may not be showing free on Amazon. It can take a few hours for them to change the books price to free. Simply bookmark our blog and come back in a few hours.     Authors Electric also have a new website here.   But here are the free books:- ...