I'm quite prepared to read something when someone I know recomends it or when someone I don't recomends it and gives reasons. But there are a whole load of choices out there so I see no reason why I'd pick this one. 30 pages isn't long but it's also not short.
Not when such classics as Sherlock Holmes [1] are available free :)
1. http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1661