Eerongal he/him Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 So some of you may be familiar with the humble indie bundle, which is a bundle of games at a pay-what-you-want rate, and usually packs some award-winning grade A stuff. Well, apparently, they started today selling the first Humble E-Book bundle. At a pay-what-you-want rate, you can get books like Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link, Zoo City by Lauren Beukes. But that's not all! Pay more than the average and you will get John Scalzi's Old Man war and Neil Gaiman's Signal To NoiseI! As of right now, the average is around 10 bucks, so for 10 bucks, you can pick yourself up 8 DRM free e-books! That's barely more than a buck a book! You can hardly afford not to do it! And as an added bonus, you get to help out some great charities while you're at it! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KChan she/her Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 I'm not normally a big ebook reader, but this seems really cool. Thanks for the heads-up! Has anyone actually read any of these books? I'd love to hear what you think of them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe ST he/him Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 I bought the bundle, don't know if or when I'll get round to reading any of them. Mainly got it cause of charity. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan he/him Posted October 23, 2012 Report Share Posted October 23, 2012 I got it because of Old Man's War. I figured the average price (needed to unlock OMW) was not much more than it would cost to buy one book, so I could get a book I've been meaning to read along with a bunch that I've never heard of for essentially free. Who knows, maybe there are some gems in there? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senor Feesh Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 Well, I'm now far too late to convince anyone that this is worth buying, but I can say I've read the following: Old Man's War Pump Six and Other Stories half of Magic for Beginners Pirate Cinema Zoo City Invasion (book one of the Secret World Chronicle) Signal to Noise Of the above, Invasion was kind of ridiculous and tropey, and Magic for Beginners was kind of hard work for me (something about the writing style). Pirate Cinema was enjoyable, if obviously political. Pump Six has some real gems in it (my personal favourite is a disturbing future-fairytale called The Fluted Girl). Zoo City was absolutely excellent, and a break from my comfort zone (a more modern, very dark fantasy, set in Johannesburg). Old Man's War was a really fun sci-fi romp with some cool ideas for future-tech. Oh, and Signal to Noise is one I actually own in hard-copy, I'm a big Gaiman/McKean fan so I can't really give an unbiased opinion that said, I think the subtext goes over my head somewhat (though that's partly intentional I think, as suggested by the title). Woo, super-condensed book review! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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