Earthsea collection at humblebundle ($18)

rantanplan · 11-25-2024, 05:21 AM

So, as far as I can see, all Earthsea books, novellas and short stories are available in this humblebundle collection:
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/w...-le-guin-books

There is one omission, which is the last short story, that was published posthumous in 2018 is not part of this bundle. "Firelight" is only available in the "The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition" omnibus or in the "The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Thirteen" collection.

Since I can see the bundle without VPN, I don't think it is geoblocked.

The only downside that I can see is that the bundle is redeemed via Kobo.

Dr. Drib · 11-25-2024, 05:49 AM

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Originally Posted by rantanplan

So, as far as I can see, all Earthsea books, novellas and short stories are available in this humblebundle collection:
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/w...-le-guin-books

There is one omission, which is the last short story, that was published posthumous in 2018 is not part of this bundle. "Firelight" is only available in the "The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition" omnibus or in the "The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Thirteen" collection.

Since I can see the bundle without VPN, I don't think it is geoblocked.

The only downside that I can see is that the bundle is redeemed via Kobo.

Isn't this exactly like the other one from (what..two weeks ago?), with the same titles? Or is this exactly the same one already mentioned in the SF and Fantasy deals and freebies forum?

rantanplan · 11-25-2024, 06:19 AM

I honestly don't know. Please moderate away

JSWolf · 11-25-2024, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Isn't this exactly like the other one from (what..two weeks ago?), with the same titles? Or is this exactly the same one already mentioned in the SF and Fantasy deals and freebies forum?

It is the same offer from Humble Bundle as the one mentioned previously.

pdurrant · 11-25-2024, 08:36 AM

It's such a good bundle, I don't mind a separate thread for it. I have ALL the Earthsea books, and it was still worth my while for the other books.

Cactus Chef · 11-25-2024, 01:28 PM

Still a good deal. If I hadn't painstakingly bought each individual book when they went on sale, I would grab the bundle.

Desertway · 11-28-2024, 04:19 PM

I have never purchased a Humble Bundle before. I see that it is available via Kobo, and it also says "Read Anywhere", but doesn't mention DRM. I have an old Kobo account, but read on a Kindle. Do we know if these are DRM free? I realize that I can...you know...but would prefer not to.

(edit: Despite the "read anywhere", these seem to be Adobe DRM. No surprise there.)

maddz · 11-28-2024, 04:49 PM

As I recall, the downloads were pretty well all ASCM links. With the correct plug-in in Calibre, you should get a DRM-free epub which you can then send to Kindle. We moved away from Amazon (we both own Kobos), but we still download and import files into Calibre and manage transfers to our Kobos via Calibre instead of direct from Kobo using wifi (quite apart from anything, the metadata management works that way). So far, only around 10% of my ebooks were purchased from or fulfilled by Kobo.

Desertway · 11-28-2024, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by maddz

As I recall, the downloads were pretty well all ASCM links. With the correct plug-in in Calibre, you should get a DRM-free epub which you can then send to Kindle. We moved away from Amazon (we both own Kobos), but we still download and import files into Calibre and manage transfers to our Kobos via Calibre instead of direct from Kobo using wifi (quite apart from anything, the metadata management works that way). So far, only around 10% of my ebooks were purchased from or fulfilled by Kobo.

Thanks very much for the explanation. I appreciate it.

11-25-2024, 05:21 AM	#1
rantanplan Weirdo Posts: 776 Karma: 10730860 Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Wuppertal, Germany Device: Tolino Shine Color, Tolino Vision 6, Kobo Clara 2E, Boox Note Air 2+	Earthsea collection at humblebundle ($18) So, as far as I can see, all Earthsea books, novellas and short stories are available in this humblebundle collection: https://www.humblebundle.com/books/w...-le-guin-books There is one omission, which is the last short story, that was published posthumous in 2018 is not part of this bundle. "Firelight" is only available in the "The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition" omnibus or in the "The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Thirteen" collection. Since I can see the bundle without VPN, I don't think it is geoblocked. The only downside that I can see is that the bundle is redeemed via Kobo.

11-28-2024, 04:19 PM	#7
Desertway Addict Posts: 332 Karma: 1701842 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Kindle Oasis 3	I have never purchased a Humble Bundle before. I see that it is available via Kobo, and it also says "Read Anywhere", but doesn't mention DRM. I have an old Kobo account, but read on a Kindle. Do we know if these are DRM free? I realize that I can...you know...but would prefer not to. (edit: Despite the "read anywhere", these seem to be Adobe DRM. No surprise there.) Last edited by Desertway; 11-28-2024 at 04:46 PM.

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rantanplan Weirdo Posts: 776 Karma: 10730860 Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Wuppertal, Germany Device: Tolino Shine Color, Tolino Vision 6, Kobo Clara 2E, Boox Note Air 2+	I honestly don't know. Please moderate away

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Cactus Chef Evangelist Posts: 450 Karma: 6324692 Join Date: Apr 2019 Device: Kobo Sage, Kobo Clara HD, Galaxy Tab S5e, Kindle 4th Gen	Still a good deal. If I hadn't painstakingly bought each individual book when they went on sale, I would grab the bundle.

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maddz Wizard Posts: 1,398 Karma: 30039536 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: UK Device: Kobo Forma, Icarus, iPad Mini 2, Kobo Touch, Google Nexus 7	As I recall, the downloads were pretty well all ASCM links. With the correct plug-in in Calibre, you should get a DRM-free epub which you can then send to Kindle. We moved away from Amazon (we both own Kobos), but we still download and import files into Calibre and manage transfers to our Kobos via Calibre instead of direct from Kobo using wifi (quite apart from anything, the metadata management works that way). So far, only around 10% of my ebooks were purchased from or fulfilled by Kobo.

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