Giving Your Books Away on Kindle

Marketing Through Kindle Pricing

Here is a riddle that was recently in the New York Times.

Question: How do you make your book a best seller on the Kindle?

Answer: Give copies away.

The article went on to say that the Best Sellers on Kindle are not necessarily "sellers" in that they are often given away.

Question: Why would someone list their book for nothing or something close to it?

Answer: To get a low ranking on Kindle and intoduce a new type of marketing.

By marketing themselves this way, it is an entre for new writers and then once hooked, the theory goes, the reader will pay for future books by the same author.

This and other articles on Kindle got me thinking about my own situation. Both of my books, How To Negotiate Like A Pro, which has won six book awards, and How To Mediate Like A Pro, which has won 11 book awards have had modest success on Amazon and Kindle (I am not quitting my day job though). My books are ususally in the top ten on Amazon in the Alternate Dispute Resolution category, sometimes #1 and/or #2.

On Kindle they are listed at about half the price of the printed versions. I decided to try an experiment. I have just listed How To Mediate Like A Pro for $.99. The Kindle site says it takes 24 hours to be relisted. I am going to try this new price for a week and see what happens. If I get some "sales", I will list How To Negotiate Like A Pro as well.

Fellow Kindle writers, I would love to hear your thoughts on this.

If you have Kindle, this is a good time to purchase my Mediation book.

Mary Greenwood, Mediator, Attorney and Author of
How To Mediate Like A Pro
New England Book Festival, Runner-Up, How To Category
Best National Book Award Winner, Law Category
Silver Prize, ForeWord Book of the Year Awards, How To
PInnacle Book Award Winner, How To Category
Winner, How To Category, Readers View Book Awards
Finalist ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards
Best How To Book, Beach Book Festival
Best E-Book, New York Book Festival
Best E-Book, Indie Excellence Award
Spirit Award, South Florida Writers Association
Honorable Mention, London Book Festival
How To Negotiate LIke A Pro: 41 Rules for Resolving Disputes, Winner of six book awards
Best How To Book, DIY Festival
Runner Up, New York Book Festival, E-Book and Self-Help Category
Finalist ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards
Finalist, Best National Book Awards, Self-Help Category
Honorable Mention, London Book Festival
Email: howtonegotiate@aol.com
www.marygreenwood.com

Jackisms

These are my Dad's sayings, which we call Jackisms

JACK GREENWOOD’s Jackisms 1915-2009
A Gentleman and A Scholar

1. If you stick with me, you will be wearing diamonds.
2. Keep your snorkel up
3. Keep your chin up
4. Better than a sharp stick in the eye
5. Oppydildock
6. Bellyup (like a fish)
7. Don't take any wooden nickels
8. Let it roll off your back.
9. Roll with the punches.
10. As I live and breathe.
11. You are a sight for sore eyes.
12. Go get 'em tiger.
13. Connecticut is God's country
14. Connecticut is the banana belt of New England
15. The head gink.
16. Never get into a pissing contest with a skunk.
17. Put your best foot forward.
18. Always dress your best.
19. Go pound sand
20. Knock themdead
21. You can always tell a Greenwood, but you can't tell him much.(on pens at 90th birthday party)
22. What have you done for your country today?
23. Hold the fort.
24. Rigamarole
25. discombobulated
26. Don't forget your mittens. (from Shaggy Dog movie and when Marnie rented the porch to live)
27. Good on you.
28. Everyone is a critic
29. Give me high test (coffee)
30. That will grow hair on your chest
31. That will stick to your ribs
32. That is good for what ails you.
33. Have a hot toddy.
34. Pipe down
35. Hold the phone (stop)
36. Hold your horses
37. He's a peach of a guy
38. Trust in the lord
39. You don’t know how to eat.




Mary Greenwood, Mediator, Attorney and Author of
How To Negotiate LIke A Pro: 41 Rules for Resolving Disputes, Winner of six book awards
Best How To Book, DIY Festival
Runner Up, New York Book Festival, E-Book and Self-Help Category
Finalist ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards
Finalist, Best National Book Awards, Self-Help Category
Honorable Mention, London Book Festival
How To Mediate Like A Pro: 42 Rules for Mediating Disputes
Winner of five book awards
Best National Book AWard, Law Category
Best E-Book, New York Book Festival
Best How To Book, Beach Book Festival
Best E-Book, Indie Excellence Awards
Spirit AWard, South Florida Writers Association
Email: howtonegotiate@aol.com
www.marygreenwood.com

How To Mediate Like A Pro Wins Award in New England Book Festival

How To Mediate Like A Pro is Runner-Up Winner in the How To Category in the New England Book Fesitval. The ceremony honoring the winners will be held on Saturday, January 16, 2010, at the Omni Parker House in Boston, Massachusetts. This grand literary hotel was once a place where writers like Thoreau, Emerson and Longfellow met at the legendary Saturday club for poetry readings and high-minded discussions.

This is the 11th Book Award for How To Mediate Like A Pro


Mary Greenwood, Mediator, Attorney and Author of
How To Mediate Like A Pro:
42 Rules for Mediating Disputes,
Runner-Up,New England Book Festival
Best National Book Award, Law Category
Best E-Book, New York Book Festival
Best How To Book, Beach Book Festival
Best E-Book, Indie Excellence Awards
Pinnacle Book Award Winner, How To
Winner, How To Category, Reader View Book Awards
Spirit Award, South Florida Writers Association
Silver Prize, ForeWord Book of the Year Awards
Runner-Up, DIY Book Festival, E-Book
Honorable Mention, London Book Festival
How To Negotiate LIke A Pro: 41 Rules for Resolving Disputes, Winner of six book awards
Best How To Book, DIY Festival
Runner Up, New York Book Festival, E-Book and Self-Help
Finalist ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards
Finalist, Best National Book Awards, Self-Help Category
Honorable Mention, London Book Festival
Email: howtonegotiate@aol.com
www.marygreenwood.com