Humble eBook Bundle Lets You Pay What You Want For eBooks 103
Following on the success of the various Humble Bundles for DRM-free video games, the organization has just launched its first Humble eBook Bundle. It includes Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow, Pump Six by Paolo Bacigalupi, Zoo City by Lauren Beukes, Invasion by Mercedes Lackey, Stranger Things Happen, and Magic for Beginners, both by Kelly Link. If you choose to pay more than the average (about $11 at this writing), you also get Old Man's War by John Scalzi, and Signal to Noise, by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean. The books are available in PDF, MOBI, and ePub formats, without DRM. As with all the Humble Bundles, you can choose how much you'd like to pay, and how the proceeds are split between any of the authors and/or among three charities.
Sure, why not (Score:4, Interesting)
I've been needing some good locally-saved reading material in between reading new 40K rules and my fantasy author of choice. I'm willing to back this on spec and hopefully it'll take off (maybe with certain bundles focused on certain types of books, such as sci-fi, or psychology).
Books worth more than games (Score:4, Interesting)
Seems that book bundles are valued 50% higher than game bundles... nowhere near the same quantity sold yet, though :(
Kelly Link (Score:4, Interesting)
Just to say Kelly Link's are more then just DRM free, they are CC BY-NC-SA:
http://smallbeerpress.com/wp-content/uploads/Kelly_Link_Magic_for.htm [smallbeerpress.com]
http://smallbeerpress.com/wp-content/uploads/Kelly_Link_Stranger_Things.htm [smallbeerpress.com]
And Cory Doctorow's is at least CC BY-NC-ND:
http://craphound.com/pc/Cory_Doctorow_-_Pirate_Cinema.html [craphound.com]
Re:Losing the roots (Score:3, Interesting)
Take a look at http://storybundle.com/ if that's what you're interested in.
Re:Books worth more than games (Score:5, Interesting)