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Everybody gets a digital version—as in, I'll be distributing ebook formats from the website as soon as the book is finished.

Sending a book costs about $10 for the book, $2-5 for shipping, and days of my time to orchestrate. It'd decimate more than half of a $25 donation. I do see the appeal of perks, but I think the trade-off is unattractive in this case.

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Couldn't hard copies be outsourced to No Starch if a set amount was donated? I'd much rather buy a book - and would make a higher/set donation.

Well, you're free to make a small donation now and order the book from Amazon (for ~$20, I expect) in a few months. I know it's not psychologically the same thing, but the end result is similar.

We always do 40% off pre-pub offers that includes the print book and DRM free ebook versions (pdf, epub, and mobi). Just give us your email (nostarch.com) and we'll send those to you. Maybe we should launch that offer now.

-- Bill at nostarch dot com

I need help with refactoring this funding code :-)

donateButton.onclick=perk;

function perk(){ book.getPageByNumber(getRandomPage())=insertWittyHaverbekeProgrammingPearls(); book.getPageByNumber(getRandomPage())=insertAutographOnRandomPage(); book.getPageByNumber(getRandomPage())=insertNoStarchPrintEbookPromo(); }

function getRandomPage(){ pageNumber=Math.random()*book.length; return pageNumber; };

Not to mention the amount of paper, energy to print and distribute. I know some people to like to thumb through physical books, and I'm sounding like a tree hugger, but small differences from everyone can make big impacts.

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