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I just found out that Humble Bundle has a book bundle for Terry Pratchett's Discworld. A 39 book bundle that is redeemed through Kobo.com. (mastodon.world)
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I just found out that Humble Bundle has a book bundle for Terry Pratchett's Discworld. A 39 book bundle that is redeemed through Kobo.com.

Edit: Only available in the US.

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/terry-pratchetts-discworld-harpercollins-books

#books #humblebundle #discworld @books

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[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago
  1. Can you download a DRM'd file from Kobo?
  2. Does it..ahem..can it "work" with something like Calibre?

Otherwise I will continue to slowly accumulate them through used bookstores.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

Buy your legal license, then download it from the high seas sans drms.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

I've been able to strip the Kobo DRM out of a couple of book bundles using Calibre. Haven't bought this one yet, but I'd assume there wouldn't be a problem.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Yes and yes. They use a couple of different drm schemes and you might need an adobe digital editions login for anything using the older one. The newer one doesn’t need anything special.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Good to know, thanks!

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Not in Canada, it’s not.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

@YurkshireLad I hadn't noticed that. I just checked the other book bundles and didn't see any restrictions so I'm guessing it has something to do with this bundle coming through Kobo which would be odd since Kobo is a Canadian company.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Not Canadian anymore, Indogo sold them to Rakuten.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Not available in Aus either, and other Kobo bundles have been. Probably a publisher issue.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Could you use a vpn and buy it?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

You could access the website, but I'm unclear on how the payment process works. Would canadian credit cards not be identifiable as being from Canada?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Billing address might mess that up

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I could ask a family member in England to buy it for me.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Not in Canada, it’s not.

Y’arrr… there’s an answer to that.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

GNU TPratchett

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

https://archive.org/details/discworld-complete-43-books-by-pratchett-terry-z-lib.org

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

And for those of us who can afford it, the bundle is a great way to loosely support the actual author (or his estate, in this case). No shade thrown at any book sharing because that’s what libraries are for.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

E-books are...fine. But there's something about physical books that really appeals to me. I just don't get the same experience when reading off a screen. To me, physical books vs e-books are like eating a real strawberry vs chewing strawberry flavored gum and I can't fully explain why.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Same but I still prefer eBook/PDF quite a lot. I like it for my text books so I can easily make copies and not carry as much. But paper feels more at home for fun reading.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Just found out from that other Lemmy thread? Haha

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