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Giveaways are now available for Amazon Kindle ebooks.
No, I’m not talking about KDP Select free promos. I’m talking about Amazon Giveaways-contests hosted by Amazon on Amazon.com which until now have only Been available for print books and other physical products. But now you no longer need to have a print edition to run an Amazon Giveaway.
Authors who use KDP-even Those Who do not enroll in KDP Select-can run an Amazon Giveaway. Find this option on the Kindle ebook’s product page.
There are several possible benefits to running an Amazon Giveaway for your ebook Kindle:
• Increase Traffic to your product page: on average, Amazon Giveaways bring blackberries than a 40-percent INCREASE in traffic During the week of the contest.
• Attract followers to your Amazon author page: You can require contestants to follow your author page on Amazon. This is one of the few ways to grow your Amazon following, Which helps you launch your next ebook Kindle (as KDP authors will receive an invitation to send a message to Amazon followers).
• Gain exposure on Twitter , even if you have a small Twitter following. When you tweet about your contest with the hashtag #AmazonGiveaway, Hundreds of people searching for Amazon Giveaways will see your tweet.
• Generate traffic When even people lose your contest: You get to post a message for entrants who lose. Use this space wisely and professionally, and it could make an impact. Check out several popular giveaways to see how other authors use this space.
• You get good prospects of a return on minimal investment. The author pays the current list price, Which for most Kindle ebooks is quite affordable. (Although it’s non-refundable, if there is not a winner, you can roll it over or give a copy away directly.) • For
KDP Select books, this new feature may Amazon Giveaway Enhance the value of a Countdown Deal . The contest can help you generate traffic while the book is on sale (Also it costs less to run the contest During this period).
• It can help you launch your next ebook Kindle , improving your prospects for landing on the Hot New Releases list. In Additions to using the giveaway to grow your Amazon Following and then Notifying them of your next release, you can run a giveaway for your new release When it comes out, and yet another giveaway When Your new release is eligible for a Countdown Deal. Also if you run through to an AMS at the same time, All These little features could really pull together nicely. Every little bit helps.
Now, I’m not saying this new feature will give every book as instant success. It’s an additional marketing tool to add to your arsenal. As with all marketing, some authors will find ways to take advantage of it and grow Their sales. That could be you. This tool is new, so now is your time to think of ways to use it wisely.
Take some time to enter several book giveaways, as it will help you generate ideas for entering information for your own giveaway. Also, start small with a low-cost giveaway, as you will gain experience with how it works.
Good luck with your books.
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