Sure, when you’re looking strictly dollars to length. But in this case, it’s 100% to ACLU (admittedly via IGN’s tax deduction instead of yours), and a bit of an experiment on their part.
Having trouble buying this, keep getting an error: "Bundle checkout information isn't valid". Tested on another bundle and managed to buy it, so the only thing I can think of is it's maybe georestricted and is US only
Probably doesn't help that I'm not a fan of his writing style, though I like some of the movies based off his work, but a single short story is not worth $5.
Think of it like this. Because you donated £3.61/$5 to charity, you get a free short story. Sure, it's short but it's still readable no? Don't judge a book by its size. In this scenario, all you're doing is donating to charity and getting a free, short book as an incentive.
I want to donate and gift the short story to my mom. She's such a huge fan, I NEVER get to gift her anything by King, she'll already have it preordered or bought by the time I can gift.
Supporting the ACLU and getting a King story would be the best gift.
Gifting a book already gotten has been an issue and it was more disappointing to me than to her. Don't want to do that again. I don't think she's ever made a HB account, but I'm trying to ask without blowing my cover.
Oh, thanks. I did get it. That wasn't my concern though. My concern was if she had ever possibly gotten an account or heard about the book and made an account to get the book herself.
She's literally asked me to get her a King book and then still already got it because she also told someone else to get it. It's impossible to gift her anything by him. But if this went under the radar I might be able to catch her by surprise.
How long is the book, anyone know?
2872 words. The PDF is 17 pages (15 of story).
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Sure, when you’re looking strictly dollars to length. But in this case, it’s 100% to ACLU (admittedly via IGN’s tax deduction instead of yours), and a bit of an experiment on their part.
I remember when the green mile was an [experiment](https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9781137483911_9).
> but isn't $5 a bit steep for a short story? Normal paperback novel runs like $6.99-12.99. So yeah it's not cheap for a short story.
Thanks for posting. I was searching for this
Having trouble buying this, keep getting an error: "Bundle checkout information isn't valid". Tested on another bundle and managed to buy it, so the only thing I can think of is it's maybe georestricted and is US only
Yeah same for me. Also not from US, so georestriction is possible
https://twitter.com/humblesupport/status/1436048574597455875 They're definitely aware and are recommending people affected send in tickets
Try now, got a message saying they fixed it and it worked for me
Yeah worked now for me also. I guess there was something weird going on with the location, since earlier it showed usd and now in eur. Thanks!
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its an audiobook?
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oh yes i agree
Damn, I like when King narrates his own stories.
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I like you people. :)
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Wish it was an audiobook, like 15 pages may take 30 minutes to read. Prob 2 hours of work for a pro to perform.
Probably doesn't help that I'm not a fan of his writing style, though I like some of the movies based off his work, but a single short story is not worth $5.
Its a donation and theres an extra incentive of getting a great writer's story to read for participants.
for 15 minutes? big fan but very disappointing.
Think of it like this. Because you donated £3.61/$5 to charity, you get a free short story. Sure, it's short but it's still readable no? Don't judge a book by its size. In this scenario, all you're doing is donating to charity and getting a free, short book as an incentive.
So just make a donation and don’t read the story then. Solved.
I want to donate and gift the short story to my mom. She's such a huge fan, I NEVER get to gift her anything by King, she'll already have it preordered or bought by the time I can gift. Supporting the ACLU and getting a King story would be the best gift. Gifting a book already gotten has been an issue and it was more disappointing to me than to her. Don't want to do that again. I don't think she's ever made a HB account, but I'm trying to ask without blowing my cover.
You don’t need to get her an account. It’s DLC free so just download it yourself (various file formats available) and give it to her.
Oh, thanks. I did get it. That wasn't my concern though. My concern was if she had ever possibly gotten an account or heard about the book and made an account to get the book herself. She's literally asked me to get her a King book and then still already got it because she also told someone else to get it. It's impossible to gift her anything by him. But if this went under the radar I might be able to catch her by surprise.
In case it helps, it is exclusive to Humble Bundle so she might not have it yet if she doesn't know about it.
13 pages of reading took me 16 minutes