When I was researching for THE PLAZA, I was abducted by the Federal police, tortured and released. I spent several years immersed in the drug war, hanging out with narcos, journalists and even sicarios (assassins). Even if I had not done all of this, I still would not put the Kindle version of THE PLAZA for free.
Besides my life being on the line to write the book, it is still on the line because it is published and talks about the mafia. But even if that was not so, I would not give it away.
I spent over a year writing it, at 0430 in the morning, between work and family, rewriting, and then spent money to have it edited. I have spent money to get publicity for it. I have spent money on copies to distribute to fans and critics.
Please do not be offended, authors who do give away their work, or readers who wait to get them free, I understand the economy is awful and everyone saves where they can.
But I cannot justify giving the ebook away. It has been a personal investment of time and money that I cannot replace, not without sales. Please do not judge me; I did not write THE PLAZA for money, I wrote it because there are awful things that go on every day that my family and I lived personally and it needed to be written. But I would like to be able to continue writing, hopefully full time one day. Also, I have a dream that one day THE PLAZA will sell strongly enough to where I can actually donate money to orphanages in Juarez. The drug war there has left many, many orphans. These are things I cannot do without you, the reader, supporting THE PLAZA, and buying it, of course. I thank all of you, in advance, for your reviews, word of mouth support, and for taking the time to read my book.