Ideas for the day

I am trying to figure out how to make something so it could be downloaded from my site.
Now I think I read something that one must go all the way as if buying for it before you could
download it .. But if its for free.. why do it that way?
It might be that you add it like you would a product and then someone could download it...
gee I think I need testers for this..I am still trying to decide what to put as a download but I
did find that I got some ebooks on cooking. They may be good to use for this as I test...
I am going to work on a catalog and I am thinking of putting all my poems into a ebook
well you know maybe I should give that away instead... just ideas for the day..