Free Book Friday May 19: 13 Days

13 days.

For what?
Until my book, The View from Here is no longer available in Amazon’s Prime Reading catalogue. I’m hoping it will be picked up for another term, but I don’t know how likely that is. Its catapulted the book into the high 100s in the Science Fiction category, and sales for the next two books have been trickling in.

But that’s not really a free book, is it?
No. Like Kindle Unlimited, you pay for the privilege, but if you don’t use it, it’s like throwing money away.
True.

I also created a new book page using the StoryOrigin site, so that all of my books and newsletter sign-up (and get a free book!) are on a nice, clean, uncluttered site.

http://books.linesbyleon.com/

The story behind Free Book Friday:

I’ve met many authors and readers during my time marketing, cross-promoting, and blogging. I think writers have a responsibility to inform readers about all the indie authors out there in the very crowded world of book publishing. You can’t do it alone, and why would you when you have a supportive group available?

Readers don’t just read one author – they stick with their favorite genres. Therein lies the power in cross-promotion. If one of my readers buys a book from an author I promote, then chances are there will be a reciprocal effect, or so is the hope. Do I want to boost sales? Of course I do. Do I want to boost other’s sales? Why not. It’s called karma.

Some free book offers require a newsletter sign-up, which is a small non-monetary price to pay to try out a new indie author.

Here are this week’s promos to check out:

Reads From StoryOrigin and BookFunnel

StoryOrigin and BookFunnel allows authors to advertise their books to each other’s audience. I hope you have been able to discover a new favorite!

Free Books

Previous promos: Discover New Authors and Free Books.

Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, and a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words.

My new book page: http://books.linesbyleon.com/