There is a lot of information available today on a wide variety of money topics. We don't claim to know everything about money, but we've gathered information from many sources and put it together into a book, and on our website, for your easy reference.

We know that you are just as capable at searching the web to find answers to your money questions as we are but we know that time is money so we've done some of the work for you. You'll get the information you need without having to use up your valuable time.

The sidebars on every page of our book contain great information related to the chapter topic. However, in most cases, what you read there is just a summary or a small part of what is available on the website we used as our information source. If you decide that you need clarification on a topic, or just have to know more, you will find the source of the article at the bottom of the sidebar and the link to it on the additional resources page at the end of the chapter.

We've mentioned a lot of websites throughout the book—and there are many more that we want to share with you. We just don't have enough room to put them all in the book. But don't despair—there is a way!!

Here's our solution: we are providing you access to our Power Spending website: PowerSpendingBook.com. You'll see that the website is full of additional resources for every topic in every chapter. You'll also find more responses to our survey questions—so you see how others have applied successful money techniques in their lives, and you'll read about their best deals and even some of their money mistakes. You'll find all the information divided by chapter headings, and then again by the chapter subheadings.

And if you find that we're missing a great website that fits into one of our topics, we invite you to send us the link. We'll check it out. We'd also like to hear your stories. Let us know how you use your money (you can even confess your money mistakes) and share your great ideas with us. When you apply the techniques you've learned in this book, let us know about the results—what worked and what didn't. Let us know what you have learned. You will find that it is easy to send your ideas, stories and experiences to us on our website.

Our goal is to provide you with a book and website that you will be able to look to as valuable resources when you are making money decisions, looking for money saving tips or just want some "tried and tested" methods for making your money go further. Let us know how we're doing, and how you're doing!

So, what's in it for you? That's always the bottom line. We are offering you fun, facts and freedom! When you implement the strategies that we provide in this book, you'll make better money decisions; you'll be in control of your money—not the other way around. In fact, that's how we came up with the title of our book, Power Spending: Getting More For Less. That's our motto, and our goals for you are first, economic survival, and then economic prosperity!!

This book shares President Lincoln's philosophy: it is "of the people, by the people, for the people." With that in mind we invite you to continue to share your great ideas with us. Let us know how you power spend by adding your comments at PowerSpendingBook.com. This book, and our website, are meant to be resources that are current and up-to-date and that will continue to provide you with the best "true blue, tried and tested, real life" ways to use your money better.