When I give away a book for free, it gets my name out there. That has lifelong value for me that goes way beyond the few dollars I could maybe charge.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
One of the great things about books is you can afford to do anything.
I love to both give and receive very old books.
I still want to give my public, such as it is, a book a year.
There's something deeply satisfying when it succeeds, but I'm not going to do another book just to put my name on something and make some money if it's not something I deeply care about.
I've got more ideas for books than I'll ever be able to use in my lifetime. I'm very fortunate like that.
I long for books; I am utterly greedy about them.
I spend a frightening amount of money on books.
Reading is such a personal thing to me. I'd much rather give someone a gift certificate to a bookstore, and let that person choose his or her own books.
Sadly, I don't think books ever sell based on your name alone - the minute we make an assumption like that is the minute it all goes horribly wrong!