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Pay What You Want For the Humble Brainiac Book Bundle

No Starch Press has teamed up with Humble Bundle to offer a eBook bundle worth $250 at an incredibly low price with the Humble Brainiac Book Bundle. Read on.


From the Press Release
No Starch Press has long been the go-to source for curious kids, offering the finest in geek entertainment and education. Its recent line of kids programming books has garnered widespread praise from educators, parents, and book reviewers alike. Today, No Starch teams up with Humble Bundle to offer the Humble Brainiac Book Bundle. Humble Bundle's pay-what-you-want model allows customers to pay any price for the eBook bundle, valued at over 250 dollars.

No Starch Press founder Bill Pollock says, "We're committed to making technical subjects accessible and entertaining to people of all ages. With this promotion, we're showcasing our unique resources for kids and hope to inspire a future generation of programmers, engineers, and all-around geeks. This is pretty much a no brainer—for the price of an Uber, you can get a slew of No Starch eBooks and contribute to charities that matter."

Customers can pay any amount of money and receive:

  • Ruby Wizardry: An Introduction to Programming for Kids
  • Lauren Ipsum: A Story About Computer Science and Other Improbable Things
  • The Manga Guide to Electricity
  • Snip, Burn, Solder, Shred: Seriously Geeky Stuff to Make with Your Kids
  • The LEGO Adventure Book, Volume 1: Cars, Castles, Dinosaurs & More!

Customers who pay more than the average user will also receive:

  • LEGO Space: Building the Future
  • The Manga Guide to Physics
  • Python for Kids: A Playful Introduction to Programming
  • Incredible LEGO Technic: Cars, Trucks, Robots & More!
  • Build Your Own Website: A Comic Guide to HTML, CSS, and WordPress

And customers who pay $15 or more will receive all of the above, plus:
  • Steampunk LEGO
  • JavaScript for Kids: A Playful Introduction to Programming
  • The LEGO Neighborhood Book: Build Your Own Town!

As with all Humble Bundle promotions, customers choose how much of their money goes to the publisher, Humble Bundle, and charity. The two charities supported by this bundle are the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Freedom of the Press Foundation. The Humble Brainiac Book Bundle runs for two weeks and ends February 18, 2015 at 2pm EST time.

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