Value

This book is not offered for free, but is free to download, read and share (via this site only, please).

This book, our adventure, “Welcome to Alegria: Catherine’s Story”, is a social experiment in trust on my part, and quite literally represents twelve full-time months of my life. (I quit my practice and walked away from my business to write this book.) My social experiment is based purely on my trust in you, and my belief in your personal decency and honesty. Before I ask you to value my work, our adventure, I offer you the opportunity to meet the wonderful characters and experience the magical world of Alegria.

You see, I think too many author’s want you, the reader, to take the risk of paying up front for a story you might not appreciate. I believe in my work, so I have chosen to trust in you, and in your integrity, and assume the risk of offering this eBook to you without asking you for a payment up front.

Instead, I offer it to you to read, and then ask you to honestly value what this adventure has meant to you. To do this, please take a moment to visit Value. I ask you to decide on the value of this book to you, based on your enjoyment, learning, escape or inspiration. Most of all, I trust your integrity to do what is right. You can offer as much or as little as you feel is honest and right for you.

I also invite you to write a review and share your thoughts (Amazon review link coming) and all honest reviews are greatly appreciated. If you really can’t afford what this book is worth to you, please send what you can afford, and invest some time to write an honest review (Amazon review link coming). My intent is to offer all soft-cover first releases of the six planned books in this series in the same way.

Alternatively, if you buy a physical copy of this book from Amazon (link coming soon) ($29.95), your personal digital copy is paid for in full as well. You see, I like the idea of you being able to revisit Alegria however you choose, and purchasing a physical copy is all the payment I need for you to have a personal use digital copy as well.

I offer the following scale as a guide. Naturally, you are also able to nominate your own amount:

$25.00: Everything below! I loved it, and I appreciate the twelve months of your life and the thousands of dollars you invested in producing this book, and I want to encourage you to write more. Thanks for trusting me and knowing that I will honour your trust and pay you what your work represents to me.
$18.50: I loved the story and characters, and I want to go back to Alegria. Thanks for the twelve months of your life it took to write this novel and trusting me to share it like you have. Reading this was so much better than the two hours of entertainment I’d get at the cinema for the same price.
$10.00: I found it a great read and enjoyed it a lot. Thanks for trusting me to share it like you have.
$5.00: I enjoyed it. Thank you.

Entering another value in the optional valuation box over-rides the selected amount. You will be taken to PayPal to review all details before anything else happens.