For those who have discussed sharing the ebook and buying it in print, a few notes:

1. You are welcome to share the ebook through email or however you like. As has been mentioned, I’ve released it into the public domain. I appreciate it when people buy the ebook, but if you buy it and would like to share it, that’s OK with me.

2. I encourage people to share ZTD in many different ways, including through print and Amazon Kindle. People have done that, and if they profit, I have no problems with it. I’ve made enough from the ebook that I don’t really need more profits — it’s paid back my efforts in writing it many times, and I used those profits to finish paying off my debts.

3. That said, I don’t know the quality of any of the other formats, whether in Kindle or in print, so buyer beware. :)

I am curious about this physical book, since I have the eBook which is only 83 pages long, but this physical book is 114 pages, and given the size of the book this one should be less than 83 pages printed and not more. So, if you do purchase it compare it with the chapters on Leo’s site to see if anything was added or left out (the other possible issue with someone else publishing it.)

I don’t mind that someone else is profiting from the book. The whole point of Leo offering the book to the public domain is so that his work can be spread to as many people as possible.

I’m certainly willing to pay for the convenience of having it in book form—even if it’s not Leo who’s publishing it. Ebooks are ok but I hate reading a book that’s been printed from my printer. I figure as long as it’s the same information and good quality, I’m fine with it.

If people want to Leo to get some money, then I would suggest that they go to his site and click the donate button and donate some money.

I plan on buying the book. I’ll post a comment letting everyone know if it’s good quality.

Mark

@Mark – To be clear I don’t think Leo is the publisher of that book, so all proceeds will probably go to whoever is offering it up. I just checked on ZenHabits.net and in the comments for the book at the end of July Leo mentioned that he didn’t have plans to print it but the people suggesting it were welcome to do it. And the listing on Amazon occurred about 3 days later.

I prefer printed books myself, but would feel a little weird knowing that the original author probably isn’t getting anything from the printed book, even though he gave them his blessing to do it.

However, I did wonder about the advice to get rid of all distractions around you. This is coming from the father of six kids? What’s his secret?!

(I was interrupted once by my 3 year old in just the 30 seconds it took to compose this post!)

http://www.amazon.com/Zen-Done-Ultimate-Simple-Productivity/dp/1438258488/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217863697&sr=8-4

Excellent!

Mark

Essentially, at certain times during the day, you set a timer for 2 minutes and work at clearing out a clutter “hot spot” (i.e. a place where things tend to collect, like a side table or kitchen countertop). Some people do these “fire drills” twice a day, some at the top of every hour, some on other schedules that work best for them.

You could make this part of your routine easily by incorporating it as a “grain of sand” you shift every time you finish with one of your “rocks” for the day.

Sharing an e-book differs massively from lending a paperback, in that the recipient gets to keep a full and complete copy permanently and without paying – if anything, it’s more like buying a bestselling novel and then printing off your own copies to give away. Sorry to go a bit OT, but it’s not something I’d ever feel comfortable with doing, so I was surpirsed to see it suggested here.

I have to say I am one of the people who read GTD and I came up with one thing that I could do and I don’t remember what it is anymore.

Thanks for the information, I will be looking into both books.

-Tabs

That being said, the legitimacy of e-books is reduced with every spelling/grammatical error. Like I’ve heard many times, ideas themselves are a dime a dozen. It’s the execution of the ideas that delivers on the promise of a great idea.

Robyn
Recritique.com
Restaurant Coupons, Freebies and More.