Where all can I distribute a free short story? (Romance)

VoireyLinger · Mar 19, 2011

I'm working on a project, self-epublished short stories. The first in the series is a freebie, which I have available for download now on my website and on Goodreads. I'll also feature it on the Summer Reading Trail this summer. I want to get it on as many free venues as possible to (hopefully) garner interest and catch attention for later stories as I release them.

I know not all self-pub venues take free reads. Any suggestions on which will?

Thanks.

brainstorm77 · Mar 19, 2011

Some authors have put up freebies on Smashwords with success.

Dee Carney · Mar 19, 2011

You can submit a free read to All Romance Ebooks as well. The marketing director puts out a call every couple of months or so... Go here.

VoireyLinger · Mar 19, 2011

Thanks! Putting those two in my marketing plan.

Wayne K · Mar 20, 2011

I put a book up on Face Book and got over 60,000 views. I put the chapters in discussions

tirial · Apr 1, 2011

Off the top of my head there are Goodreads, Smashwords, Wattpad and Feedbooks, who will host free stories. Smashwords also has a set of subdomains that push e-books from its various categories, and distribution options.

There are also a lot of link libraries and e-book sites who will link to it once its hosted, so once it's up, it's worth pushing it to them. I'd suggest focusing those backlinks on one of the sites, since it makes it easier to track unique downloads.

Alexandermerow · Apr 16, 2011

Maybe smashwords.com is a good page - or maybe also scribd.com

VoireyLinger · Apr 17, 2011

Thanks! Adding some of those to the project list.

Where all can I distribute a free short story? (Romance)

VoireyLinger

Angel Wing Fetish

brainstorm77

practical experience, FTW

Dee Carney

Bringing sexy back

VoireyLinger

Angel Wing Fetish

Wayne K

tirial

Alexandermerow

VoireyLinger

Angel Wing Fetish