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In case you are not aware, you can visit the Kindle\u00ae store<\/a>\u00a0periodically at\u00a0www.amazon.com<\/a>\u00a0to check for free eBooks on various topics. They are offered for limited time frames by authors who want to promote their book and generate reviews from people who download the books. This is an approach I took as part of the marketing strategy for my latest book, Make Money Writing Books: Proven Profit Making Strategies for Authors<\/a>.<\/em> As a current or aspiring author, you likely recognize the importance of reviews, so I encourage you to take a few minutes to provide those for any book you download.<\/p>\n

\"Free<\/a>At any rate, I recently searched\u00a0for free books on self publishing<\/a> and found a long listing. Since these books are generally only offered free for a couple of days at no cost, you may have to visit Amazon<\/a>\u00a0to enter your own search criteria (e.g. free books on nonfiction writing<\/a>, free books on blogging<\/a>, etc).\u00a0 Not only is this a good strategy for building your personal reference library, but it also saves you money.<\/p>\n

For those of you who do not own a Kindle\u00ae reading device<\/a>; you can download a free Kindle\u00ae reader application<\/a> for\u00a0your Android\u00ae phone or tablet, iPad\u00ae , iPhone\u00ae , Mac\u00ae, Windows\u00ae 8 PC or tablet, BlackBerry\u00ae , or Windows\u00ae Phone. Once you have the application on your device, you can search the Amazon Kindle store<\/a> for books, magazines and other publications you want to order and download — some of them free!<\/p>\n

You can also sign up for a 30-day free Prime membership<\/a> on Amazon. This gives you the ability to get free two-day shipping on\u00a0orders, download and stream unlimited videos and TV shows and\u00a0borrow eBooks each month through the Kindle store (just like going to a library).<\/p>\n

Happy reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In case you are not aware, you can visit the Kindle\u00ae store\u00a0periodically at\u00a0www.amazon.com\u00a0to check for free eBooks on various topics. They are offered for limited time frames by authors who want to promote their book and generate reviews from people who download the books. This is an approach I took as part of the marketing strategy for my latest book, … <\/p>\n

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