Friday 23 May 2014

Relevance Of Holding Free Book Giveaways

By Marci Glover


For a voracious reader, there are only a few things that can interest them more that getting more books to read especially if they are off charge. Free book giveaways are always great ways to learn more about new works in the market, new authors and also get familiar with different styles of writing. Free copies are mainly given away for promotional purposes.

Writers of the books usually sacrifice some of their copies to be given out for free to some lucky readers. Through this more people are able to learn more about their work and therefore those who are not lucky enough to get the free copies can decide to buy the book especially if it is a page turner. This is better as opposed to dedicating all the copies to the sales and not getting any market for them.

If a giveaway is done by a writer who is valued by numerous book-lovers then more copies are usually requested. The larger the amount of individuals requesting for a certain publication then the fewer the chances of winning for a specific reader. Unless a volume-lover is fortunate, they constantly end up receiving a publication they did not put as their first choice.

Some freebies are embarked on by the authors themselves while some are done via agents who dedicate themselves to in this type of job. The agents mostly do their job online in sites that give the readers a chance to select a read they might like to be given. Some of them are normally carried out in the system of a race that provides the winners with free copies. This could be in a raffle system.

There exist many giveaway sites that give readers the chance to get a publication of their choice by a writer of their choice. These websites normally get permission from publishers to release some volumes early and put them out so that readers learn about them. The readers who get the free copies are never forced to write reviews about them but they are always advised to do so.

These giveaway websites work for people in a specified area because of the delivery mainly if it is not an e-book. They categorize the files in terms of most read, almost ending, newly listed and also popular authors. This simplifies the work of reader when they want to request a specific book. In this way the readers can also find records that do not have too many requests and therefore they get better odds.

Writers who want to promote their books also visit these websites and post a description of their work. They also put up a few of their copies up for giveaways so that more people will be interested in looking at it. Most of them make their descriptions interesting so that more people are attracted to their work of art.

Both readers and writers are usually advised to visit these giveaway sites so as to encourage writing. When more people request a particular publication then more people will be willing to purchase the publication and in turn more writers will be encouraged to write and the already existing ones will write more quality content.




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