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images/news/hardware.jpgAmazon.com’s latest venture offers users of its popular Kindle reader free e-books from many noted authors, The Associated Press reported.
Popular and prolific thriller author James Patterson is among those giving away free books to Kindle readers, including the first installment of his young adult series “Maximum Ride”. The book, titled "The Angel Experiment," is one of the most downloaded among the growing list of free e-book offerings.
"I like the notion of introducing people to one book, while promoting the sales of another," said the prolific and mega-selling author.
Patterson said they’ve given away thousands of free e-copies, and added that while “Maximum Ride” is already big, they think it could be a lot bigger and that requires getting people to read it.
Over the past few months, top sellers on the Kindle - with downloads in the tens of thousands - have included such public domain titles as "Pride and Prejudice" and "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," and novels by Jennifer Stevenson and Greg Keyes.
The top three Kindle sellers in recent days have been free books: Patterson's, Joseph Finder's "Paranoia" and Keyes' "The Briar King."
Maja Thomas, senior vice president of digital media at Patterson's publisher, the Hachette Book Group, said there's always going to be someone who wants free things
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“What we're trying to do is link free with paid. It's like priming the pump,” she added.
Read on @ Red Orbit
Popular and prolific thriller author James Patterson is among those giving away free books to Kindle readers, including the first installment of his young adult series “Maximum Ride”. The book, titled "The Angel Experiment," is one of the most downloaded among the growing list of free e-book offerings.
"I like the notion of introducing people to one book, while promoting the sales of another," said the prolific and mega-selling author.
Patterson said they’ve given away thousands of free e-copies, and added that while “Maximum Ride” is already big, they think it could be a lot bigger and that requires getting people to read it.
Over the past few months, top sellers on the Kindle - with downloads in the tens of thousands - have included such public domain titles as "Pride and Prejudice" and "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," and novels by Jennifer Stevenson and Greg Keyes.
The top three Kindle sellers in recent days have been free books: Patterson's, Joseph Finder's "Paranoia" and Keyes' "The Briar King."
Maja Thomas, senior vice president of digital media at Patterson's publisher, the Hachette Book Group, said there's always going to be someone who wants free things
.
“What we're trying to do is link free with paid. It's like priming the pump,” she added.
Read on @ Red Orbit
