User blog comment:HumboldtLycanthrope/Please check out this review of Empy's novel/@comment-24101790-20161220190430/@comment-26425680-20161221123706

Empy, my advice is to make your book free to download. The trick is to upload your book to smashwords, set the price to free, then have Amazon price-match it. Supposedly this will get you far more downloads, and more importantly, reviews. I wish I'd known this trick when I first uploaded my own book. As soon as I'm done with the worthless 90 day Kindle Select option (I see you took the bait too) this is my plan. During my five-day preview period I actually had quite a few downloads, but in the time since the price kicked in, things have been much slower, so it's clear that at least at the start, free is the way to go. For now, you'll get my 99 cents (well, 35 to you and 74 to Amazon) and a review when I get the chance.

And here's my joke: A proctologist walks into a bank. He needs to sign some papers and reaches into his coat pocket for a pen, instead his hand comes out holding a rectal thermometer. He moans in dismay and says, "Some asshole must have my pen."