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My goal was to increase the number of reviews (and therefore number of people reading) The Infinite-Infinite ahead of The Alpha-Nina launch.

Immediate Benefits
-I had to start sending my fiction newsletter again
-I treated this trial like I would an actual book launch. I wanted to get traffic for The Infinite-Infinite, but I also knew I had to pull my weight on the group promos and drive more people there as well so everyone could get more readers. Especially if my audience had already read my books, it was best to tell them about the other books since those authors were telling their audience about mine.
-As more people claimed their review copy they were added to my fiction mailing list. So I have two mailing lists, one for people who like my fiction (based on them subscribing to my fiction bonus reader materials) and those who subscribe to my Author Your Ambition website, bonus book material, self-publishing news and tips, etc. Everyone added to my fiction mailing list got information on the promos/newsletter swaps. But they also got updates from me on The Alpha-Nina and reminders to post a review for The Infinite-Infinite.

Group Promos
-Signed up right away for Sci Fi Freebies, First in Series, Kicka$$ Females SciFI, Post Apoc Babes (Nailbiters for that one). I specifically wanted to find readers who wanted to start a science fiction series with a strong female lead. That was perfect.
-Got several people to download the freebie review copy of The Infinite-Infinite right away. Then it was a game of waiting for the reviews to come in.
-My mailing list grew the most from the group promos. I had a hundred new subscribers within a few weeks. Then it really slowed down.

Newsletter Swaps
-I noticed with the group promos that I would get subscribers from people claiming the review copy, but then I would see unsubs from my newsletters. As in, people just subscribed to get the freebie and planned to unsub. Not cool, but I’d rather have my newsletter going to people who want it, but then I can’t remind them to leave a review.
-So I thought it was time to dive in on Newsletter swaps.
-Tried one in June and focused on only these in July as the group promos seemed to only be attracting freebie seekers.
-I saw a good amount of clicks on these, but not nearly as many downloads.

Final Verdict:
Did I grow my email list? - Yes, again not sure how many are freebie seekers, we’ll see how many stick around.
Did I get more reviews? - Yeah, like 2 on goodreads. So definitely not a silver bullet to thousands of reviews. The majority of people who requested review copies of the eBook or audiobook review codes did not leave a review. The StoryOrigin system sends automated reminders and … crickets. The people who requested to review all have 0/0 review history, so I should have said no, but I wanted to make sure I gave them time to read and review before the trial ended. No bueno.
Did I get more sales? - Not that I could tell. My sales have been consistent for the time that I was in this trial.
Is it worth the $10/month moving forward? - No, at least not right now.

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