I do the opposite, I release my books for free for a few days and then put the price I want to.
Agree with feedback, would be a great motivation to receive positive comments and a chance to improve if it is critical. With novels, we generally leave a rating and possibly a review on goodreads/amazon/etc but with self-published route, that isn't an option.
I'm thinking of conducting live video sessions based on book to get active feedback
Haven't read your book so I can't comment on the execution but from a bit of a look at your site it definitely seems very interesting. Topic wise you're killing it.
My book costs $20.95 hardcover/10.95 paperback on Amazon. When Kindle books and the Kindle went live, I added a Kindle version. I wanted to make it free, but Amazon mandates a minimum price of 99 cents, so that's what it costs.
Thanks for this. Food is not an overly large item in my budget (~11% net) but with my life being just me and my son 182.5 days out of the year, I'm definitely interested in applying some engineering to my grocery list.
In my experience, even just $1 would have a significant chilling effect. And making the book available for free has the benefit of helping those who don't have credit cards (due to e.g. geography, socioeconomics or age).
A nice alternative can be a "pay what you want"approach, with a recommended amount and an option to pay nothing.
I would imagine the credit card usage forms the majority of the chilling effect. Personally, I find it a lot more annoying to faff around with using the credit card to pay for something (even when I consider the cost negligible) than to just download it.
After 300 sales I decided it was better to let hundreds of thousands learn how to save money, than 300.
My only regret is there is no positive feedback.
With a sale, I get an email and paid. With a book view, I barely get analytics.
I suppose my request as an author, give feedback. At least let me know what you like or didn't like.