The Humble eBook Bundle: 6 eBooks, Pay What You Want

JD Gumby · 10-09-2012, 01:28 PM

The folks behind the popular Humble Indie Bundles have come out with an ebook version. Pay what you want for 6 ebooks, with a decent amount of it going to charities (Child's Play, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Science Fiction Writers of North America [a non-profit advocacy group]). Pay more than the average (currently $9.94 US) and recieve 2 more ebooks:

Cory Doctorow - "Pirate Cinema"
Paolo Bacigalupi - "Pump Six" (short story collection)
Lauren Beukes - "Zoo City"
Mercedes Lackey - "Invasion" (book one of ''The Secret World Chronicle'')
Kelly Link - "Stranger Things Happen" (short story collection)
Kelly Link - "Magic for Beginners" (short story collection)

...plus Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean's "Signal to Noise" graphic novel and John Scalzi's "Old Man’s War" for beating the average.

Go give it a look at https://www.humblebundle.com/ - and remember, it's also for charity, so please be generous if you decide to get it! (anything under about $1 will actually *cost* them money, so don't be a jerk, 'kay?)

EDIT: Oh, and the books are *DRM-free*. Humble never puts DRM on their offerings. Just remember to save the URL they send you as it is the key to your version of the download page in case you ever need to redownload.

EDIT 2: The Humble eBook Bundle will be up for the next two weeks, until October 23rd.

EDIT 3: And the first (and hopefully not last!) Humble eBook Bundle is now closed.

Final total: $1,201,961.57 on 84,165 sales, for an average purchase of $14.28. Good job, folks, as this is the highst average of any Bundle they've done.

(Mods may now close the thread, if they feel like it :P)

hwlester · 10-09-2012, 01:57 PM

Just got the email and was going to post, but you beat me to it.

Nice to see this sort of thing taking off. It's interesting that both StoryBundle and Humble both used SciFi/Fantasy as their first bundles. I see Humble actually managed to get a couple of bigger name authors. I'll probably be buying it when I get paid on the 15th.

frostschutz · 10-09-2012, 02:10 PM

Got the mail too. Apparently people are generous, the average is rising very quickly ($10.35 at 3500 bundles sold). If you want all the books and want to be cheap, you should probably buy early.

koland · 10-09-2012, 02:12 PM

If only I didn't actually have all of these, already.... except maybe the graphic novel.

David Munch · 10-09-2012, 03:17 PM

I think this is an extremely positive PR opportunity for the authors in question no matter how little they actually get per sold bundle, in that they suddenly gets exposed to thousands of new people (8104 as of this writing).

TheLongshot · 10-09-2012, 03:48 PM

Unfortunately, I already own three of them.

JoeD · 10-09-2012, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheLongshot

Unfortunately, I already own three of them.

Buy the other three for a $1 then, or half whatever you would have considered paying. Granted you won't hit the avg to get the other two books without paying over the odds for just 3 books compared to everyone else, but you can still snag the 3 you don't have

Nakor · 10-09-2012, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoeD

Buy the other three for a $1 then, or half whatever you would have considered paying. Granted you won't hit the avg to get the other two books without paying over the odds for just 3 books compared to everyone else, but you can still snag the 3 you don't have

Just to add, if you wish to, you can click the little arrow next to "Authors" on the part of the page where you choose how to break down your chosen amount, and set it so that all your money goes to those authors whose books you hadn't already owned in the past. You don't have to, but the option's there.

ekster · 10-09-2012, 08:09 PM

I was on an 8 month streak of not buying any new books... but I can't say no to humble bundle. I always get their game bundles... and the second I got the email, I just knew I would get it, regardless of what the books were.

And now that I've seen the books, I'm twice as glad to have purchased it!

hwlester · 10-09-2012, 09:04 PM

Wow! Someone gave $1000 for the bundle. No wonder the average is so high.

Matriarch · 10-09-2012, 09:19 PM

The word "charity" always makes me spend more than I can afford...

Can't complain about 8 new books, though!

Haesslich · 10-09-2012, 09:44 PM

http://www.humblebundle.com/

Saw this on GearDiary today. Six eBooks by Cory Doctrow, Mercedes Lackey, Kelly Link, Paulo Bacigalupi and Lauren Beukes. If you beat the minimum price, you also get Signal-to-Noise by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean, along with "Old Man's War" by John Scalzi.

Very sweet deal. I'm surprised I didn't already see a post in the news forums about it. In PDF, ePub,and Mobi format too.

Synamon · 10-09-2012, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Haesslich

I'm surprised I didn't already see a post in the news forums about it.

Maybe because it isn't news? There is already a thread in the Deals forum: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=193359

Haesslich · 10-09-2012, 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Synamon

Maybe because it isn't news? There is already a thread in the Deals forum: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=193359

Nevermind in that case. Still jumped on the deal, though.

jgaiser · 10-09-2012, 11:09 PM

I own three of the books, but I'm going to purchase anyway.

Why? Because I think this sort of thing needs to be encouraged and authors need to see that this is a worthwhile thing to do. $3 a piece for the six main books is less than $20 and as that's more than the current average, I pick up the extra two.

10-09-2012, 01:28 PM	#1
JD Gumby Cynical Old Curmudgeon Posts: 1,085 Karma: 8495696 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Halifax, Canada Device: Kobo Mini, Kobo Arc, HTC Desire C	The Humble eBook Bundle: 6 eBooks, Pay What You Want The folks behind the popular Humble Indie Bundles have come out with an ebook version. Pay what you want for 6 ebooks, with a decent amount of it going to charities (Child's Play, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Science Fiction Writers of North America [a non-profit advocacy group]). Pay more than the average (currently $9.94 US) and recieve 2 more ebooks: Cory Doctorow - "Pirate Cinema" Paolo Bacigalupi - "Pump Six" (short story collection) Lauren Beukes - "Zoo City" Mercedes Lackey - "Invasion" (book one of ''The Secret World Chronicle'') Kelly Link - "Stranger Things Happen" (short story collection) Kelly Link - "Magic for Beginners" (short story collection) ...plus Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean's "Signal to Noise" graphic novel and John Scalzi's "Old Man’s War" for beating the average. Go give it a look at https://www.humblebundle.com/ - and remember, it's also for charity, so please be generous if you decide to get it! (anything under about $1 will actually cost them money, so don't be a jerk, 'kay?) EDIT: Oh, and the books are DRM-free. Humble never puts DRM on their offerings. Just remember to save the URL they send you as it is the key to your version of the download page in case you ever need to redownload. EDIT 2: The Humble eBook Bundle will be up for the next two weeks, until October 23rd. EDIT 3: And the first (and hopefully not last!) Humble eBook Bundle is now closed. Final total: $1,201,961.57 on 84,165 sales, for an average purchase of $14.28. Good job, folks, as this is the highst average of any Bundle they've done. (Mods may now close the thread, if they feel like it :P) Last edited by JD Gumby; 10-23-2012 at 07:20 PM.

10-09-2012, 09:44 PM	#12
Haesslich Fanatic Posts: 542 Karma: 1138182 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Kobo Touch,Glo,Mini,Aura/HD/One,H20, Sony PRS-300/600, Kindle 3-PW	Humble Bundle eBooks, including books by Doctrow, Scalzi, Gaiman, and Lackey http://www.humblebundle.com/ Saw this on GearDiary today. Six eBooks by Cory Doctrow, Mercedes Lackey, Kelly Link, Paulo Bacigalupi and Lauren Beukes. If you beat the minimum price, you also get Signal-to-Noise by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean, along with "Old Man's War" by John Scalzi. Very sweet deal. I'm surprised I didn't already see a post in the news forums about it. In PDF, ePub,and Mobi format too.

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10-09-2012, 01:57 PM	#2
hwlester Wizard Posts: 1,343 Karma: 2786741 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Birmingham, AL Device: Sony Reader PRS-T1, Kindle Touch, misc. Android devices, Nook HD+	Just got the email and was going to post, but you beat me to it. Nice to see this sort of thing taking off. It's interesting that both StoryBundle and Humble both used SciFi/Fantasy as their first bundles. I see Humble actually managed to get a couple of bigger name authors. I'll probably be buying it when I get paid on the 15th.

10-09-2012, 02:10 PM	#3
frostschutz Linux User Posts: 2,279 Karma: 6123806 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Heidelberg, Germany Device: none	Got the mail too. Apparently people are generous, the average is rising very quickly ($10.35 at 3500 bundles sold). If you want all the books and want to be cheap, you should probably buy early.

10-09-2012, 02:12 PM	#4
koland Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,560 Karma: 8033155 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: TN, USA Device: kindle(all), nook, nookcolor, Sony, Kobo, epic, iphone, iPad, pc	If only I didn't actually have all of these, already.... except maybe the graphic novel.

10-09-2012, 03:17 PM	#5
David Munch Scholar Posts: 1,008 Karma: 3999312 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kobo Libra H2O + iPad Air 4	I think this is an extremely positive PR opportunity for the authors in question no matter how little they actually get per sold bundle, in that they suddenly gets exposed to thousands of new people (8104 as of this writing).

10-09-2012, 03:48 PM	#6
TheLongshot Groupie Posts: 190 Karma: 7758 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Sony Reader	Unfortunately, I already own three of them.

10-09-2012, 08:09 PM	#9
ekster Currently without a title Posts: 203 Karma: 3209914 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Canada, Qc Device: Kobo Touch	I was on an 8 month streak of not buying any new books... but I can't say no to humble bundle. I always get their game bundles... and the second I got the email, I just knew I would get it, regardless of what the books were. And now that I've seen the books, I'm twice as glad to have purchased it!

10-09-2012, 09:04 PM	#10
hwlester Wizard Posts: 1,343 Karma: 2786741 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Birmingham, AL Device: Sony Reader PRS-T1, Kindle Touch, misc. Android devices, Nook HD+	Wow! Someone gave $1000 for the bundle. No wonder the average is so high.

10-09-2012, 09:19 PM	#11
Matriarch Member Posts: 23 Karma: 498976 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: Kindle 4	The word "charity" always makes me spend more than I can afford... Can't complain about 8 new books, though!

10-09-2012, 11:09 PM	#15
jgaiser Omnivorous Posts: 3,281 Karma: 27978909 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rural NW Oregon Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle Fire HD, Kindle 3, KPW1	I own three of the books, but I'm going to purchase anyway. Why? Because I think this sort of thing needs to be encouraged and authors need to see that this is a worthwhile thing to do. $3 a piece for the six main books is less than $20 and as that's more than the current average, I pick up the extra two.