Earlier this week, Q&Q Omni reported on a few Canadian publishers and authors who are trying out the free-digital-download model. Now House of Anansi Press has announced that it’s doing the same thing. Unlike other Canadian initiatives, though, Anansi’s is for a brand-new frontlist title, albeit for a very limited time. Pasha Malla’s debut short-story collection, The Withdrawal Method, can be downloaded from the Anansi site at no charge until this Sunday, May 25. The Q&Q review of The Withdrawal Method is here.
[...] distribution as it does with content, so to jump-start his business he’s employing a tactic that increasingly is becoming part of a publicist’s arsenal – namely, offering readers free copies of his books. [...]
[...] has experience giving away downloadable copies of frontlist titles. Last year, the company distributed free digital copies of Pasha Malla’s short-story collection, The Withdrawal Method, via their own website. [...]