'Free' — by Chris Anderson: Read it absolutely free

Right here.

Say what you want about his thesis, he puts his book where your wallet is — and then says, "Nah, keep your money."

Impressive.

But it gets better.

You can also get the audiobook in its unabridged form (6 hours) free, right here.

Prefer the abridged 3 hour version?

No problem: $7.49.

Tell you what: There are plenty of people in the publishing and newspaper business with their baggies in a twist about this kind of thing.

Note to them: It's still early days, fasten your seat belts.

If you're old-fashioned, you can buy the dead tree iteration of the book for $17.19.