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Humble Book Bundle, Start a Startup by Wiley

80 points by alok-g 9y ago

johnsonjo 9y ago
If anyone has a suggestion on which of these books are worth a read I would be open for suggestions on which to start on.
- FLGMwt 9y ago
  (4 years in the industry as a SE) I don't have any business from an investor point of view, but I'll commit to reading all of these and giving a review from my perspective.
  - johnsonjo 9y ago
    Thanks that would be helpful and I would enjoy hearing about some of them. I guess I can read reviews on amazon as well too, but it be nice to here a comparative review if you read more then one.
  - TeMPOraL 9y ago
    Do you commit to doing that before the Bundle ends?
- motdiem 9y ago
  Back in the days, I enjoyed reading "disciplined entrepreneurship". Here's a presentation by the author that gives you a general idea http://businessofsoftware.org/2015/07/bill-aulet-mit-lessons-learned-in-teaching-entrepreneurship-business-software-conference/ http://businessofsoftware.org/2015/07/bill-aulet-mit-lessons...
graton 9y ago
Here is a simple little Python script that uses BeautifulSoup and requests to download all the books from the purchased books page. http://paste.openstack.org/show/625665/ http://paste.openstack.org/show/625665/ You of course need to have purchased the books to access that page :) Using Firefox, I do: File->Save Page As Then save it. Rename the *.html file to index.html and then run the script. http://paste.openstack.org/show/625665/ http://paste.openstack.org/show/625665/ I did this because I was too lazy to click Save As 30+ times :)
- chamakits 9y ago
  I created a bookmarklet, for the same reasons, which downloads a handful at a time. https://gist.github.com/chamakits/a0980ea8ce4d085426525df14275b042 https://gist.github.com/chamakits/a0980ea8ce4d085426525df142... You'll need to click it a couple of times since I on purpose made it download a couple at a time. Or you could put a really large number on the variable if you want, or call it from the console after running the bookmarklet.
  - dschep 9y ago
    Drag and drop install: https://dschep.github.io/GistMarklets/#080dc9a018d03765d7cf82c3f599e9a2 https://dschep.github.io/GistMarklets/#080dc9a018d03765d7cf8...
- jdormit 9y ago
  Works like a charm! Thanks!
- suramya_tomar 9y ago
  Awesome.. Thanks for sharing. I was planning to write a script to do the exact same thing so you have saved me some effort.
- trentmb 9y ago
  $('div.download a.a').click(); in the chrome console also works
mattmanser 9y ago
Warning! None of the books have a Mobi format even though the page claimed it was multi-format.
- a_bonobo 9y ago
  Says below: >Read them anywhere. These books are available in PDF and ePUB formats, meaning you can read them anywhere at any time. The Four Lenses of Innovation and Startup Weekend are also available in MOBI format In my experience, converting ePub to mobi (or even better: azw3) using Calibre yields flawless results
  - mattmanser 9y ago
    In an expando at the bottom of the page...
- wedowhatwedo 9y ago
  The page says this: "Read them anywhere. These books are available in PDF and ePUB formats, meaning you can read them anywhere at any time. The Four Lenses of Innovation and Startup Weekend are also available in MOBI format."
j_s 9y ago
Does anyone have anything automated to alert when a bundle is about to expire? I usually buy all currently available (at the $1 tier) whenever something interesting is about to dissappear. Hopefully someday they will allow paying for multiple bundles at once - maybe this is already possible with the recent re-design?

80 points by alok-g 9y ago

If anyone has a suggestion on which of these books are worth a read I would be open for suggestions on which to start on.

FLGMwt 9y ago
(4 years in the industry as a SE) I don't have any business from an investor point of view, but I'll commit to reading all of these and giving a review from my perspective.
- johnsonjo 9y ago
  Thanks that would be helpful and I would enjoy hearing about some of them. I guess I can read reviews on amazon as well too, but it be nice to here a comparative review if you read more then one.
- TeMPOraL 9y ago
  Do you commit to doing that before the Bundle ends?
motdiem 9y ago
Back in the days, I enjoyed reading "disciplined entrepreneurship". Here's a presentation by the author that gives you a general idea http://businessofsoftware.org/2015/07/bill-aulet-mit-lessons-learned-in-teaching-entrepreneurship-business-software-conference/ http://businessofsoftware.org/2015/07/bill-aulet-mit-lessons...

graton 9y ago

Here is a simple little Python script that uses BeautifulSoup and requests to download all the books from the purchased books page. http://paste.openstack.org/show/625665/ http://paste.openstack.org/show/625665/ You of course need to have purchased the books to access that page :) Using Firefox, I do: File->Save Page As Then save it. Rename the *.html file to index.html and then run the script. http://paste.openstack.org/show/625665/ http://paste.openstack.org/show/625665/ I did this because I was too lazy to click Save As 30+ times :)

chamakits 9y ago
I created a bookmarklet, for the same reasons, which downloads a handful at a time. https://gist.github.com/chamakits/a0980ea8ce4d085426525df14275b042 https://gist.github.com/chamakits/a0980ea8ce4d085426525df142... You'll need to click it a couple of times since I on purpose made it download a couple at a time. Or you could put a really large number on the variable if you want, or call it from the console after running the bookmarklet.
- dschep 9y ago
  Drag and drop install: https://dschep.github.io/GistMarklets/#080dc9a018d03765d7cf82c3f599e9a2 https://dschep.github.io/GistMarklets/#080dc9a018d03765d7cf8...
jdormit 9y ago
Works like a charm! Thanks!
suramya_tomar 9y ago
Awesome.. Thanks for sharing. I was planning to write a script to do the exact same thing so you have saved me some effort.
trentmb 9y ago
$('div.download a.a').click(); in the chrome console also works

mattmanser 9y ago

Warning! None of the books have a Mobi format even though the page claimed it was multi-format.

a_bonobo 9y ago
Says below: >Read them anywhere. These books are available in PDF and ePUB formats, meaning you can read them anywhere at any time. The Four Lenses of Innovation and Startup Weekend are also available in MOBI format In my experience, converting ePub to mobi (or even better: azw3) using Calibre yields flawless results
- mattmanser 9y ago
  In an expando at the bottom of the page...
wedowhatwedo 9y ago
The page says this: "Read them anywhere. These books are available in PDF and ePUB formats, meaning you can read them anywhere at any time. The Four Lenses of Innovation and Startup Weekend are also available in MOBI format."

j_s 9y ago

Does anyone have anything automated to alert when a bundle is about to expire? I usually buy all currently available (at the $1 tier) whenever something interesting is about to dissappear. Hopefully someday they will allow paying for multiple bundles at once - maybe this is already possible with the recent re-design?