I try to keep an eye on the Humble Bundle bundles for books. The bundles serve two great purposes:
- They allow you to get a lot of books at a price a whole lot less than if you had paid for them through normal retail sources. You get to choose the amount, though there are usually minimums depending on the number of books from the bundle that you want to get.
- A part of the money goes to benefit a charity (which is clearly identified for the bundle). You can see exactly how much of the price you’re agreeing to pay will go towards said charity.
I was able to grab the Cybersecurity bundle, but by the time you’re reading this, that bundle will likely have expired (Monday, February 26, 2 PM Eastern time). However, there’s a week left on the O’Reilly Java 2024 bundle. There are 15 books in the bundle and you can get all 15 if you spend at least $25. $1 will get you 5 of them, $18, will get you 10. Not a bad deal. This particular bundle supports Code for America.