Derek Sivers emailed me (and by me I mean he emailed everyone I guess) about an offer for a week to get his books for free.

I had wanted to read How to live since some time and so this offer came at an opportune time. I went to the site and got epubs for all his books.

I finished reading Anything you want today.

As for the why, this is what he had said:

Because I want you to read them (or hear them) and gift them.

I get emails from people saying my writing has changed the way they see the world, but I know that the $75 price ($15 x 5 books) has kept some people from getting them.

Since I don’t care about the money, and I do care about sharing what I’ve learned before I die, I’m happy to lose money this week to get you to read them or hear them.

I liked that. I want more people to read what I wrote too. I need to figure out a way to give a year of mornings away for free too.