Are you a writer? Have you had a book go free? I want your data!

There are a lot of questions on the internet concerning the concept of free. I know it works for some people. I’ve seen the numbers. Does it work for everyone? Does it work as great as we think it does? Does it work even better than we think?

I’ve tried to word this survey to be consistent with the types of questions that get asked online. Please let me know if any don’t make sense – I’ll explain and edit ASAP. I’m just trying to get some data compiled to help others.

Notes:

  • I don’t care how the book was published. If you had a book and it was free for a while, I want the data.
  • I want data across all venues. I don’t want Amazon-specific information, unless Amazon is the only place you sell.
  • I encourage everyone to participate even if your sales are very, very low.
  • I am only asking for books. To make things easy, I am defining books as 40,000 words or higher, as per SFWA

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RM858JJ