Humble Sci-Fi Bundle

tubemonkey · 07-11-2014, 03:13 PM

Humble Sci-Fi eBook Bundle -- exp 22 Jul

Pay What You Want!

The Healer's War -- Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
The Reluctant Swordsman -- Dave Duncan
Freehold -- William Dietz
The Time of the Dark -- Barbara Hambly
Wingman -- Mack Maloney

Pay more than the average of $11.71 $11.44 to unlock!

Spellsinger -- Alan Dean Foster
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream -- Harlan Ellison
The Forge of God -- Greg Bear
Song of Kali -- Dan Simmons
Budayeen Nights -- George A Effinger --> new addition
Justice and Her Brothers -- Virginia Hamilton --> new addition

Pay $12 or more to unlock!

Encounter with Tiber -- Buzz Aldrin & John Barnes
Blackcollar -- Timothy Zahn

xg4bx · 07-12-2014, 01:35 AM

It's worth it for I Have No Mouth.... alone

Dngrsone · 07-12-2014, 08:52 AM

Worth it for me... I was running out of books to read, anyway.

din155 · 07-12-2014, 11:46 AM

I have never used Humble Bundle before. Does anyone know what do they mean by more books coming soon?

tubemonkey · 07-12-2014, 11:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by din155

I have never used Humble Bundle before. Does anyone know what do they mean by more books coming soon?

Not sure when it usually happens, but they add more books to the bundle at no additional charge.

din155 · 07-12-2014, 12:18 PM

Aah..thanks.

PurpleStar · 07-12-2014, 12:53 PM

It's tempting, but I just bought a big Baen bundle. Do I really need more?

Dngrsone · 07-12-2014, 01:57 PM

Yes. You most certainly do.

murg · 07-12-2014, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PurpleStar

It's tempting, but I just bought a big Baen bundle. Do I really need more?

Yes. Books are like Chinese food. You finish one, and you want another one in an hour...

DrNefario · 07-13-2014, 06:37 AM

Well, I went ahead and bought this bundle for $12, to get into the top tier, and I have no idea why. There's nothing here I especially want*, just a couple of things I'm mildly interested in, but I had a moment of weakness. Let's hope the additions are interesting, and not just another bunch of xkcd collections.

*I am actually reading The Healer's War right now, and like it so far, but I already owned that. It's been on my Real Soon Now list for about two years.

Andanzas · 07-14-2014, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Not sure when it usually happens, but they add more books to the bundle at no additional charge.

Just to clarify: they add books at no extra charge... for those who beat the average price. It used to be that anyone who bought during the first week would receive the new content, regardless of how much they paid. That is no longer the case.

I think ebook bundles start on Wednesdays, so the new books will be added next Wednesday (or a week after it started).

crich70 · 07-15-2014, 12:29 AM

One thing I found interesting is that by loading the books into Calibre and reconverting them as (old) mobi files the size of the book files shrinks considerably. Before hand the 11 books took up almost 60 MB of space. After conversion they take up under 10 MB of space. Encounter with Tiber alone is almost 19 MB before conversion and drops to just under 3 MB afterward.

PurpleStar · 07-15-2014, 12:43 AM

I broke down and got the bundle. Paid $12 to get them all. They look good!

crich70 · 07-15-2014, 01:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PurpleStar

I broke down and got the bundle. Paid $12 to get them all. They look good!

And a good price per book as well. At 11 books (currently) if you pay $12 that comes to $1.09 per book which isn't a bad price I think. I'm sure that as separate books they would each cost a good deal more than that.
Encounter with Tiber alone costs $7.69 over at Amazon so that's a savings of $6.60 + tax on that one book alone.

darryl · 07-15-2014, 04:35 AM

I also bought for $12. Good value.

07-11-2014, 03:13 PM	#1
tubemonkey monkey on the fringe Posts: 45,858 Karma: 158733736 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seattle Metro Device: Moto E6, Echo Show	Humble Sci-Fi Bundle Humble Sci-Fi eBook Bundle -- exp 22 Jul Pay What You Want! The Healer's War -- Elizabeth Ann Scarborough The Reluctant Swordsman -- Dave Duncan Freehold -- William Dietz The Time of the Dark -- Barbara Hambly Wingman -- Mack Maloney Pay more than the average of $11.71 $11.44 to unlock! Spellsinger -- Alan Dean Foster I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream -- Harlan Ellison The Forge of God -- Greg Bear Song of Kali -- Dan Simmons Budayeen Nights -- George A Effinger --> new addition Justice and Her Brothers -- Virginia Hamilton --> new addition Pay $12 or more to unlock! Encounter with Tiber -- Buzz Aldrin & John Barnes Blackcollar -- Timothy Zahn Last edited by tubemonkey; 07-16-2014 at 05:08 PM.

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07-12-2014, 01:35 AM	#2
xg4bx Are you gonna eat that? Posts: 1,633 Karma: 23215128 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Phillipsburg, NJ Device: Kindle 3, Nook STG	It's worth it for I Have No Mouth.... alone

07-12-2014, 08:52 AM	#3
Dngrsone Almost legible Posts: 1,457 Karma: 4611110 Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: In a high desert, CA Device: Galaxy Note 9, Galaxy Tab A (2017), Likebook P78	Worth it for me... I was running out of books to read, anyway.

07-12-2014, 11:46 AM	#4
din155 Guru Posts: 880 Karma: 7556602 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: UK Device: Kindle PW, Win 10 thinkpad 8in	I have never used Humble Bundle before. Does anyone know what do they mean by more books coming soon?

07-12-2014, 12:18 PM	#6
din155 Guru Posts: 880 Karma: 7556602 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: UK Device: Kindle PW, Win 10 thinkpad 8in	Aah..thanks.

07-12-2014, 12:53 PM	#7
PurpleStar Wizard Posts: 1,625 Karma: 11387182 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Clara BW, Kindle Paperwhite (11th Gen)	It's tempting, but I just bought a big Baen bundle. Do I really need more?

07-12-2014, 01:57 PM	#8
Dngrsone Almost legible Posts: 1,457 Karma: 4611110 Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: In a high desert, CA Device: Galaxy Note 9, Galaxy Tab A (2017), Likebook P78	Yes. You most certainly do.

07-13-2014, 06:37 AM	#10
DrNefario Wizard Posts: 2,227 Karma: 12029046 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle, Kobo Touch, Nook SimpleTouch	Well, I went ahead and bought this bundle for $12, to get into the top tier, and I have no idea why. There's nothing here I especially want, just a couple of things I'm mildly interested in, but I had a moment of weakness. Let's hope the additions are interesting, and not just another bunch of xkcd collections. I am actually reading The Healer's War right now, and like it so far, but I already owned that. It's been on my Real Soon Now list for about two years.

07-15-2014, 12:29 AM	#12
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,310 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	One thing I found interesting is that by loading the books into Calibre and reconverting them as (old) mobi files the size of the book files shrinks considerably. Before hand the 11 books took up almost 60 MB of space. After conversion they take up under 10 MB of space. Encounter with Tiber alone is almost 19 MB before conversion and drops to just under 3 MB afterward.

07-15-2014, 12:43 AM	#13
PurpleStar Wizard Posts: 1,625 Karma: 11387182 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Clara BW, Kindle Paperwhite (11th Gen)	I broke down and got the bundle. Paid $12 to get them all. They look good!

07-15-2014, 04:35 AM	#15
darryl Wizard Posts: 3,108 Karma: 60231510 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura H2O, Kindle Oasis, Huwei Ascend Mate 7	I also bought for $12. Good value.