We’ve entered the season of class projects, Science Fairs, cooped-up weekends, and dreary afternoons. Folks seem to think Snip, Burn, Solder, Shred can help with that (check out the Amazon reviews!), and I’m inclined to agree.
Amazon clearly has their every-day deal (usually 30-something percent off; it actually changes from day to day, and I have no idea why), and also sells the Kindle version for a flat $9.99. Here’s the New Deal: Order Snip, Burn, Solder, Shred directly from the publisher using coupon code SHRED and they’ll knock 35% off the cover price of either the print edition or the ebook pack (which includes DRM-free PDF, ePub, and Kindle-compatible versions). *Added Bonus*: When you buy the print edition, No Starch includes the ebook bundle for *free.* I’m not a *huge* ebook fan for something as picture intensive as a DIY book, but these ebooks are really slick: The PDF version is basically the source-file used to print the paper copies, and reads *excellently* on an iPad. The .mobi and .epub ebooks look sharp on Kindles (and their ilk), and have all of the cross-references formatted as links: Every place I say something like “As you’ll recall from Project #22,” or whatever, you can click on the “Project #22” and go straight to that section without fumbling or undue distraction. It might not seem like much, but it’s *really* handy when you’re midway through soldering and forget which leg of an LED is negative, or how the lugs on a pot are labelled.
That No Starch Press has the wisdom and far-sightedness to go DRM-free *and* bundle free ebooks with their print editions is one of my favorite things about working with them; it’s really a wonderful, common-sense Good Deal for everyone.
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