K.A.R.M.A. hits #1 in the UK, #4 in the U.S.

[Grant McKenzie]

I launched my first free international giveaway for my dark thriller K.A.R.M.A. this week - and have been very pleased with the results so far. In its second day as a freebie, K.A.R.M.A. is currently sitting at:

#1 in Suspense and #6 overall in the UK
#4 in Suspense and #103 overall in the US
#3 in Suspense and #42 overall in Canada

One more day to go and hopefully I've made a few thousand new fans who will check out my other books :)

[Grant McKenzie]

So after three days, over 7,000 readers downloaded K.A.R.M.A. - a successful giveaway, for sure. Hopefully this will introduce a few new fans to my other books.

[Grant McKenzie]

Yeah, I need to edit and polish the new thriller as soon as I finish editing and polishing my second Dixie Flynn novel and writing the next Dixie that I just signed a contract for this week.

[Jack Getze]

That makes sense. And why I hear the more stuff you put up, the better off you are.

[Grant McKenzie]

This is my biggest giveaway so far with over 6,000 downloads in two days. My previous free giveaways were in the U.S. only (due to the rights I owned vs Random House UK) and the biggest effect that I saw was when I listed a new book for sale - Amazon sent an email to everyone who had downloaded my previous books and sales for the new book have been my best ever.

[Jack Getze]

That's been a big debate around here, right? Does giving away free books drive future sales of cash product?

Seems to me it would depend on the reaction of those who sampled free: If they loved it, begin a word of mouth campaign, it'll pay off. How do you see it?

[Grant McKenzie]

Thanks, Jack - once it finishes today, we'll see what it does to actual sales.

Love to see these numbers for a paid copy :)

[Jack Getze]

Nice!