The Dreamwords Series

The best way to understand the Honesty Edition is to buy the book from the 'Honesty Payment' link above.

 

To summarise:---

I ask people to help themselves to a physical copy of Dreamwords Book One on trust. They should pay only if they wish to see the rest of the series published. Book Two is complete but it needs to find its readers before it is able to survive. By trusting people to be honest I hope that future fans of the series will father the next book by paying for the one they have just read. Furthermore, honest readers who do not respond to the story are honour bound to find someone else who agrees to the honesty deal. This way, and with luck, each copy will have a chance to find its own champion. In an ideal world, I only want those people who enjoy the book to pay for it.

Back to the real world of shades of grey, where best intentions are dashed by laziness or apathy, where people pick up the book and mistake it for free, who put it in their bottom drawer and out of their mind, who forget to pay for or pass it on, or who leave it on a bus, or a cafe, or... or... or.

There are no tracking chips in the spine, no check-out tills nearby, no security cameras or guards monitoring the display and no legal documents to sign. The Honesty Edition has been designed so that the reader is free from any pressure to pay beyond their own sense of honour. My bet is that most people are trustworthy and that enough will enjoy the story to make this crazy idea work. If I'm wrong I will be bankrupt and if I'm right, I get to live in a house like everyone else.

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If you are trying to understand why I would do such a thing then you are not alone. One thing is clear, I have chosen this route as a first resort and not as a last. The world of publishing is in flux and writers can no longer afford to leave their careers in the hands of others.

Sixteen friends, family and fans have bought shares in Dreamwords, believing that the series has a bright future. Through their support, a loan and an abused credit card, I put Dreamwords to the ultimate test. It will live or die by its merit and the honesty of strangers.

If you want to follow this journey, sign up for the newsletter to the left. I will give preference to those who join by posting the occasional summary of events and subsequent insights here before doing so anywhere else. To watch the project unfold as it happens, my blog has a grand view.