Amazon Giveaway is a little known program that allows people to run giveaways on the fly and have Amazon ship out the products to the winners. Authors have been using this service in order to send out free books for people to follow them on Twitter.  Today, Amazon has announced that Giveaways now supports Kindle e-books.  This is especially good news for authors, who use Kindle … [Read more...] about Amazon Giveaway Now Includes Kindle e-Books
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Hosting an Author Giveaway – Part II
In yesterday's post on Amazon's new giveaway tool, there were some initial steps for ensuring the platform works for you as best it can. Here are some follow up steps to take to make sure you're getting the most from your efforts. 3. Speaking of Winners (and the losers, for that matter) - Make sure you're taking full advantage of the winner and loser messages on your … [Read more...] about Hosting an Author Giveaway – Part II
Tips for Authors Hosting an Amazon Giveaway – Part I
Amazon's new giveaway tool was only launched this week but it has already received more than its fair share of criticism. Complaints about favoriting Twitter followers and automatically receiving notifications every time those people tweet are valid; it didn't have to work that way. But the demands from consumers for a centralized location of all the giveaways so they can just … [Read more...] about Tips for Authors Hosting an Amazon Giveaway – Part I
Amazon Launches Giveaway Tool
In great news for authors--or anyone who want to leverage the scope and power of Amazon's customer base--Amazon unveiled a new tool that allows anyone to host a giveaway through the platform. Under Amazon Giveaways, the order fulfillment--whether it's a self-published ebook or today's hot up-for-grabs items, such as the crowd-pleasing Hutzler Banana Slicer (seriously, the … [Read more...] about Amazon Launches Giveaway Tool