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Most authors have had this experience: someone approaches you and asks for a free copy of your book. And that request can hurt, since the best way to support an author is by buying a copy. But sometimes giving away copies is in your best interest. Mike and AJ dive into this week’s topic and break down when to give away copies and when not to.
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“It doesn’t bother me when people want my book for free. And the reason it doesn’t bother me is because I think I’m so glad you want to read it.”
—AJ Harper
“I think one interpretation, and I’ve felt this, if someone [asks], I like to get a free copy of your book, it means that they don’t see the value in the book of spending the twenty-five bucks of something I spent a decade working on.”
—Mike Michalowicz
