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The Humble eBook Bundle

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    [Male narrator] There once was an author named Cory
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    (Cory Doctorow)
    who wanted to bundle a story.
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    (Neil Gaiman) (John Scalzi) (Mercedes Lackey)
    Joined by Neil, John, and Mercedes,
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    among other gents and ladies,
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    We present the Humble eBook Bundle.
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    *Old Man's War* (John Scalzi)
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    *Signal to Noise* (Neil Gaiman + Dave McKean )
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    *Pump Six and Other Stories* (Paolo Bacigalupi)
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    *Zoo City* (Lauren Beukes)
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    *Stranger Things Happen* (Kelly Link)
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    *Magic for Beginners* (Kelly Link)
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    *Invasion: The Secret World Chronicles* (Mercedes Lackey, Steve Libby, Cody Martin, Dennis Lee)
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    *Pirate Cinema* (Cory Doctorow)
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    The Humble eBook Bundle.
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    It's pay what you want,
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    helps charity,
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    no DRM.
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    Books with an 'e.'
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    [Cory Doctorow] Hi! Greetings from Saint Louis airport.
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    It's Cory Doctorow on tour with my new novel *Pirate Cinema*,
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    which is part of the Humble eBook Bundle.
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    From the folks who brought you the Humble Indie Bundle,
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    a variety of science fiction, fantasy, graphic novels presented without digital rights management,
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    you name your price, a variety of formats,
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    money goes directly to creators,
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    go over the odds and you get books from Neil Gaiman and John Scalzi.
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    We've also got work from Kelly Link and Paolo Bacigalupi
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    and Mercedes Lackey and Lauren Beukes.
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    Some old names, some new names, fantasy, science fiction,
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    a really wide variety of stuff.
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    I hope you'll consider contributing
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    and I really hope you'll consider jumping on Twitter and the Facebook and Whatnot
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    and telling your friends about it.
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    It's been a long, weird time for eBooks
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    and there's been a lot of people in the big publishing industry
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    who are convinced that without DRM, without high prices,
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    they won't make any money, and we can prove them different.
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    We can prove them wrong; we can make a huge difference. Thanks.
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    (The Humble eBook Bundle)
    (humblebundle.com)
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    [Narrator] And a customizable part of every contribution
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    will be going to support the EFF, Child's Play and the SFWA.
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    So what are you waiting for?
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    Head on over to humblebundle.com
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    (Save a tree, read an eBook.)
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    (The coolest thing to happen to literature since Comic Sans.)
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    (Book 'em Danno!)
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    (Oppan Gaiman style!)
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    (The Humble eBook Bundle)
    (humblebundle.com)
Title:
The Humble eBook Bundle
Description:

http://www.humblebundle.com Pay what you want for Pirate Cinema, Pump Six, Zoo City, Stranger Things Happen, Magic For Beginners and Invasion: The Secret World Chronicles and help charity! Plus if you beat the average you'll also get John Scalzi's Old Man's War and Neil Gaiman's Signal to Noise.

This is the first ever Humble eBook Bundle! Multi-format and DRM-free! The promotion only lasts for 2 weeks so head on over to: http://www.humblebundle.com
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