Giving Your Work Away For Fun and Profit

June 22nd, 2026  |  Season 10  |  7 mins 7 secs

beta-reading, books, critique, marketing, writers, writing, writing tips

Everyone loves free stuff, but authors need to pay the bills. Can you make money by giving your work away, and if so, how do you choose what to distribute for free? What tools and metrics can you use to show a publisher or business partner that the work that you give away for free is driving sales?