This seems like a really cool idea! Thanks for setting it up. As a newly published author, I'm still trying to learn some of the ropes and I was hoping to get some advice/clarification around making the book free...I'm interested in participating, but I went wide with my book and when I looked into it, it seems the only way to make your book free on Amazon is by setting it to free on other retailers and going through price match, which seems a little tricky timing-wise for one day and (as I understand it) it's not guaranteed. Does this mean it's not feasible to participate if we went wide? Also possible I'm totally misunderstanding/missing something and there's a way to do this that I'm simply not familiar with--in which case, I'd love some pointers!
I am wide as well and even though I was able to schedule it everywhere else, Amazon is the price-match thing. I contacted them just to ask when to reach out and here is the reply I got:
"In response to your query, the price matching request usually take up to 24 hours. So, you can contact us the day before you want your book to be price matched."
Because of this, I'm thinking either I'll set my sale 5-6th as free and contact Amazon on the 5th for the price match to make sure it meets, or contact them immediately at midnight/when I see the price drop in one of the other retailers.
PS. They replied less than hour after I contacted them.
I'm aiming for September/October. I'll be sending out an email so people can reserve the space on their calendar. I've been working on changing the form to get more data from authors and the new landing page.
Hi Toni, this is fantastic! Thank you for setting this up 🥰 When are you closing signups? I want to try including a new reader magnet instead but I'm still getting in finalized, haha.
When will we be getting the link to share? I'd like to prep my newsletter soon.
I'd like to know that too.
This seems like a really cool idea! Thanks for setting it up. As a newly published author, I'm still trying to learn some of the ropes and I was hoping to get some advice/clarification around making the book free...I'm interested in participating, but I went wide with my book and when I looked into it, it seems the only way to make your book free on Amazon is by setting it to free on other retailers and going through price match, which seems a little tricky timing-wise for one day and (as I understand it) it's not guaranteed. Does this mean it's not feasible to participate if we went wide? Also possible I'm totally misunderstanding/missing something and there's a way to do this that I'm simply not familiar with--in which case, I'd love some pointers!
If you are wide that is the way you need to go about it. Once its free on other locations you can ask Amazon to price match it which will speed it up.
I am wide as well and even though I was able to schedule it everywhere else, Amazon is the price-match thing. I contacted them just to ask when to reach out and here is the reply I got:
"In response to your query, the price matching request usually take up to 24 hours. So, you can contact us the day before you want your book to be price matched."
Because of this, I'm thinking either I'll set my sale 5-6th as free and contact Amazon on the 5th for the price match to make sure it meets, or contact them immediately at midnight/when I see the price drop in one of the other retailers.
PS. They replied less than hour after I contacted them.
That's great to hear. Thanks so much for doing that research and sharing! It's a big help :)
When will we be getting another Fantasy Free-For-All? :)
I'm aiming for September/October. I'll be sending out an email so people can reserve the space on their calendar. I've been working on changing the form to get more data from authors and the new landing page.
Hello! I was wondering if you were still interested in doing this again in April 2024?
Thank you!
If your on the author list I'll be sending out more info on 2024 dates in the coming weeks.
How do I make sure I'm on the author list? I haven't heard from you yet
Late to the party, but I'd like to know more (as an author) for April.
Hi. How can authors sign up for the next one in April? The Google form is closed.
Where are the links for this?
Does anyone have the link that we're supposed to share? I need it. My newsletter goes out on Friday.
Hi, when should we expect to have the link to share? I'm prepping my NL for 10/6 this weekend.
thanks
Hi Toni, this is fantastic! Thank you for setting this up 🥰 When are you closing signups? I want to try including a new reader magnet instead but I'm still getting in finalized, haha.
This sounds amazing and I definitely want to join! My book of coming out in 25 Sept though, is that okay?
That is completely okay. The only requirement is its free on the 6th! Feel free to submit the form!
Done!! Thank you for putting this together and I'm going to share it with as many people as I can!
(Ps. Discord link in the form is expired/invalid)
Here is a new one: https://discord.gg/7rwuvSQg93
Hi, when are we going to get the link to share? The only one I've found is the one where they have to subscribe to your pages to portal page --- https://frompagestoportals.substack.com/p/fantasy-free-for-all