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Title: Need advice what do do with 5 KDP Select free days in ten days time
Post by: Gregg Bell on February 13, 2025, 05:01:31 PM
My five free days are for my first legal thriller The Perfect Lawyer, but they expire on the 23rd of this month. If I hustle, I can get the sequel, The Perfect Prosecutor, out and then add its cover and blurb to the backmatter of The Perfect Lawyer, and price The Perfect Prosecutor at 4.99 and maybe get some sales that way and at least a little ranking for The Perfect Prosecutor. Sound like a plan? Got a better suggestion? Thanks.
Title: Re: Need advice what do do with 5 KDP Select free days in ten days time
Post by: alhawke on February 14, 2025, 06:39:23 AM
You could just get the preorder out if you have the cover. All you need is a cover with Amazon for preorder. You won't get as many sales, but if you're pressed for time, you can gather co-sales that way.
Title: Re: Need advice what do do with 5 KDP Select free days in ten days time
Post by: Gregg Bell on February 15, 2025, 06:02:30 AM
Quote from: alhawke on February 14, 2025, 06:39:23 AM
You could just get the preorder out if you have the cover. All you need is a cover with Amazon for preorder. You won't get as many sales, but if you're pressed for time, you can gather co-sales that way.

Thanks A.L. I guess I don't know what I'm doing. I have to publish the paperback. Should be in the next day or two. Then announce to my ARC reviewers they can review it. Then wait for enough reviews until I publish the ebook and then get some promos. The five free days just kind of complicate things.

I figure I can run the five free days consecutively and 1. If I publish the paperback in time, I can add the paperback to the back of the first book. or 2. If not #1, then add the photo of the sequel cover and blurb and say "Coming soon!"
Title: Re: Need advice what do do with 5 KDP Select free days in ten days time
Post by: alhawke on February 15, 2025, 07:00:20 AM
Quote from: Gregg Bell on February 15, 2025, 06:02:30 AM
I figure I can run the five free days consecutively and 1. If I publish the paperback in time, I can add the paperback to the back of the first book. or 2. If not #1, then add the photo of the sequel cover and blurb and say "Coming soon!"
You can, but you're gonna get the most series sales by linking it during the sale. You can also revise the 1st ebook later when the links appear. Amazon will sometimes revise books that were sold in the past. But you really should promote the 1st book when you have the 2nd on sale.

Why are you concerned with losing your 5 days? Don't free days get renewed for another 3months on the KU plan (it's been a while that I've been in KU)? Or are you leaving KU?
Title: Re: Need advice what do do with 5 KDP Select free days in ten days time
Post by: Gregg Bell on February 16, 2025, 02:22:20 PM
Quote from: alhawke on February 15, 2025, 07:00:20 AM
Quote from: Gregg Bell on February 15, 2025, 06:02:30 AM
I figure I can run the five free days consecutively and 1. If I publish the paperback in time, I can add the paperback to the back of the first book. or 2. If not #1, then add the photo of the sequel cover and blurb and say "Coming soon!"
You can, but you're gonna get the most series sales by linking it during the sale. You can also revise the 1st ebook later when the links appear. Amazon will sometimes revise books that were sold in the past. But you really should promote the 1st book when you have the 2nd on sale.

Why are you concerned with losing your 5 days? Don't free days get renewed for another 3months on the KU plan (it's been a while that I've been in KU)? Or are you leaving KU?

Thanks A.L. Yes, the 5 free days renew on the 23rd. And I'm staying in Select. Why I'm trying to do something worthwhile with the 5 free days is because I'm mad at myself for not effectively using them earlier and it was only as the Select term was about to expire that I realized I hadn't used them.

But I put the sequel cover and blurb and "Coming soon" in the back of the first book and I'll run five consecutive free days and see what happens. I realize there would be no momentous consequences to whatever I did with those 5 days, but now at least I've done something with them (and tempered my self reproach!).
Title: Re: Need advice what do do with 5 KDP Select free days in ten days time
Post by: abrahumlincon on February 27, 2025, 11:35:13 PM
If you can, stagger your free promo so the last free day aligns with The Perfect Prosecutor's release. That way, readers who download The Perfect Lawyer for free will immediately see and potentially buy The Perfect Prosecutor.
Promote the free days aggressively through newsletter swaps, Facebook groups, and Twitter/X book promo threads to get more downloads.
Title: Re: Need advice what do do with 5 KDP Select free days in ten days time
Post by: Gregg Bell on March 05, 2025, 04:33:15 AM
Quote from: abrahumlincon on February 27, 2025, 11:35:13 PM
If you can, stagger your free promo so the last free day aligns with The Perfect Prosecutor's release. That way, readers who download The Perfect Lawyer for free will immediately see and potentially buy The Perfect Prosecutor.
Promote the free days aggressively through newsletter swaps, Facebook groups, and Twitter/X book promo threads to get more downloads.

Sorry for the late reply. Good suggestion. Those particular free days are gone, but I'll keep that strategy in mind for the next time.