Kindle freebie post-mortem

Friday was a slow day. We had about 250 downloads. The book kicked up the subgenre ranks, to #2 in Fiction & Literature > Historical > Fantasy and #3 in Science Fiction & Fantasy > Historical. Saturday was slower. What we had read around the web from other publishers who shared their experiences is that you want to run a 2-day promotion because the second day is better. All we can say is that advice was not helpful for us....