{"id":1488,"date":"2017-08-10T14:25:58","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T18:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/?p=1488"},"modified":"2017-08-10T14:25:58","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T18:25:58","slug":"get-a-digital-copy-of-my-junkyard-jam-band-for-80-cents-plus-a-bunch-of-other-rad-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2017\/08\/get-a-digital-copy-of-my-junkyard-jam-band-for-80-cents-plus-a-bunch-of-other-rad-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Get a digital copy of my JUNKYARD JAM BAND for 80-cents (plus a bunch of other rad books!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

My DIY musical instrument\/noise-toy book Junkyard Jam Band<\/em><\/a>\u00a0is part of the Brainiac 2 Humble Book Bundle<\/a><\/strong>. If you’ve never bought\u00a0one of these “bundles” before, the deal is this:\"Junkyard<\/p>\n

This is a commercial\/charitable fundraising situation. \u00a0The Humble Bundle folks and No Starch Press have bundled together a bunch of awesome books. \u00a0Pay as little as $1 to get a few, $8 to get a bunch, and $15 to get them all. \u00a0If you go in at the $15 level, you get ~$300 in books (all digital, all in multiple formats, all totally DRM-free, so you can read them however and wherever you like). \u00a0It’s a really awesome deal (I bought plenty of Humble Bundles way before I ever was part of one\u2014and, I’ll be straight with you: Being part of one as an author is a\u00a0really<\/em> big boon for me, too; my last Humble Bundle put an additional 30,000 copies of my book in front of eager makers, and helped me make enough money to\u00a0stay afloat that year).<\/p>\n

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Even if you only drop a buck for the first five books, you’re getting some great stuff\u2014Medieval\u00a0LEGO<\/em> is fun, the Scratch book is solid, and my son\u00a0loved\u00a0<\/strong>Lauren Ipsum\u00a0<\/em>(which is sort of a modern computer-science take on Phantom Tollbooth<\/em>; he’s easily read it a half dozen times). \u00a0Moving up to the $8 tier doesn’t just get you my book (which regularly sets you back ~$20), but also two of my favorite intro programming books (I<\/em> learned Python from Teach Your Kids to Code<\/em>, and Scratch Programming Playground<\/em> is what taught my kid to code) and a really great manga book that’ll\u00a0explain electricity to anyone. \u00a0And, of course, going whole hog just piles on the awesomeness (again, I’m especially pleased to see a couple DIY hands-on electronics books here, especially since Arduino has gotten so dirt-cheap to get into). \u00a0Every purchase doesn’t just benefit my publisher and me, but also Teach for America.<\/p>\n

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