How can you put an objective value on a book? For some people this book has been life-changing; others won't even bother to read past Chapter One. That is why I am inviting you to choose what price seems fair to you for this online edition. Here follow some payment options.
1. Make a PayPal payment for any amount you choose. Please don't make it less than a dollar though, because PayPal charges a fee per transaction (on the seller).
2. Send a check for any amount to Charles Eisenstein, 3608 Montour St., Harrisburg, PA 17111
3. "Pay it forward" by giving money to a hungry person, by planting a tree, or by giving any other gift in a spirit of gratitude for this book.
How much should you pay? Choose an amount you feel good about. The cover price of the print edition is $12, so you might go with that. You may feel that an online edition is less valuable -- if so, then pay less. If you feel uncomfortable paying me directly, then by all means pay with a gift to someone else.
Of course, you don't have to give anything. You can read the whole book for free if you want to. I will not become cynical about human beings if many people choose not to pay me for my work. After all, my motive in writing this book was not profit; my motive came from realizing the magnitude of the suffering around me. The most important thing is that Transformational Weight Loss reach as many people as possible.
The world is changing. The obesity epidemic is just one of many crises that is converging in our time. Together, these crises will birth humanity into a new era. One of the impending crises is financial and economic. A time is coming when we will shift from a profit-taking economy to a gift economy, from an economy of "how can I take the most?" to "how can I best give of my gifts?" I would like to begin living in the new world today. A true gift is not forced, so if you feel in any way coerced or manipulated into paying for my work, I request that you accept it for free for now. Otherwise, pay an amount you feel good about. You will have a feeling of fairness, or upliftment, or generosity, or clearness -- the feeling you get when you have given a gift perfectly appropriate to a situation.