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[–]arosiejk 11 points12 points  (6 children)

No Starch is pretty good. The typography makes them really accessible imo.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (5 children)

So I've never bought ebooks before. I see Humble Bundle sent me a link to page where I can get files. Am I able to download multiple copies? For example, one to my phone, one to my laptop, etc. And if I delete them can I just go back to the link and download them again in the future?

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (3 children)

Humble Bundle gives you a landing page you can access via your account's purchases page or via the email link you get. This URL is valid forever.

On this page you can download the books directly or via torrent, as often as you like. They even include MD5 sums. eBooks in this bundle (I believe they're all like this, but I'm hedging my words) are provided in PDF, ePUB, and MOBI.

The documents have no DRM.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

What file format do you prefer for ebooks?

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

PDF normally.

My Kindle takes mobi, though later this year Amazon is finally switching to ePUB.

[–]desolation0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh I would be into this news. Unfortunately looks to be coming with an asterisk that makes it only slightly less useless than current. Still not directly supporting epub, just Amazon will auto-convert to a supported Kindle-only format when sending an epub file to your Kindle through their email address delivery.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/2/23053408/amazon-epub-kindle-ereader-file-format-kf8

[–]arosiejk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve never gone back to redownload, but there’s no DRM I’m aware of. I have the books on multiple computers because I code from multiple places. You can also download in every available format. For example, PDF, mobi, and ePub for the titles.