SUBTERRANEAN PRESS AND HUMBLE BUNDLE TEAM FOR BOOK BUNDLE
Acclaimed publisher celebrates 20th anniversary with its first international ebook bundle
San Francisco, Calif. - February 18, 2015 - Subterranean Press and Humble Bundle have partnered for the first time to offer readers a pay-what-you want book bundle as the publisher kicks off its 20th year in publishing. The Humble Subterranean Press Book Bundle features an assortment of the best sci-fi, fantasy, and horror titles Subterranean Press has to offer and also marks the international debut for the bulk of these titles which were not available outside of the US until now.
This Humble Book Bundle boasts works by some of today's most praised and award-winning authors including John Scalzi, Clive Barker, Kelley Armstrong, Peter V. Brett, Harlan Ellison®, Cherie Priest, Joe R. Lansdale, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Robert McCammon, K.J. Parker, Ted Chiang, Dan Simmons, Barry Hughart, Tim Powers, Connie Willis, Jack Vance, and more. https://www.humblebundle.com/books
Customers can name their price for The Jack Vance Treasury, Inside Job, Muse of Fire, Jacaranda: A Novella of the Clockwork Century, The Ape's Wife and Other Stories, The Top of the Volcano: The Award-Winning Stories of Harlan Ellison®, and Brayan’s Gold.
Those who pay more than the average price will also receive The Mallet of Loving Correction, Nobody's Home: An Anubis Gates Story, The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox, The End of the Sentence, The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate, Tortured Souls: The Legend of Primordium, and Amityville Horrible.
Customers who pay $15 or more will receive all of the above plus Academic Exercises, The Hunter from the Woods, and Black Hat Jack.
Additional titles will be unveiled mid-promotion on February 25.
"Humble is absolutely thrilled to be working with this highly regarded indie publisher on our latest bundle, especially with such a strong list of bestselling authors and stellar titles," says Humble Bundle Director of Books Kelley Allen.
“I can’t think of a better way to kick off our twentieth year than joining with Humble Bundle to make a good number of our limited editions available worldwide as ebooks,” says Bill Schafer, publisher of Subterranean Press.
As with all Humble Bundles, customers can choose how their purchase dollars are allocated, between the publisher and charity. The Humble Subterranean Press Book Bundle supports Worldbuilders, whose mission is to unite the geek community in hopes of bringing about long lasting change in the world. By partnering with trusted charities, such as Heifer International, Worldbuilders make use of time tested and well established infrastructures in order to ensure the greatest good is done over the longest period of time.
The Humble Subterranean Press Book Bundle runs from now until Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 11 a.m. Pacific time.
About Humble Bundle Humble Bundle organizes pay-what-you-want plus charity promotions for awesome digital content and puts the power directly in the hands of the consumers, offering them fully-featured titles at prices they set themselves. Consumers pay what they want and decide how to allocate their money between content creators, charity and a humble tip. Humble Bundle also offers the Humble Store, a digital storefront that features great games at great prices with a portion of sales going to select charities. Since the company's launch in 2010, Humble Bundle has helped empower its community to allocate more than $53 million toward charity to date. For more information, please visit https://www.humblebundle.com
About Subterranean Press Subterranean Press is widely considered to be among the finest specialty publishers in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres, and has published Stephen King, Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Harlan Ellison, Joe Hill, and Peter Straub. Subterranean Press has ongoing relationships with a number of writers, including Dan Simmons, China Mieville, Kelley Armstrong, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Robert Silverberg and Joe R. Lansdale, and frequently publishes exclusive editions of their work. In addition to the book line, until recently, Subterranean published its namesake magazine, which included over 60,000 words of free fiction in each quarterly issue. In the past, Subterranean included original tales by Robert Silverberg, Ted Chiang, Kelly Link, Maria Dahvana Headley, Lucius Shepard, Garth Nix, Kage Baker, and many others.
About Worldbuilders Worldbuilders is a nonprofit organization founded by New York Times bestselling author Patrick Rothfuss to support his late mother’s favorite charity, Heifer International. Every year, a small team of Worldbuilders employees and Rothfuss himself raise money by offering a lottery of rare books and collectibles to encourage people to donate directly to Heifer International. In the past seven years, Worldbuilders has raised over $3.5 million for Heifer.
In their off season, Worldbuilders works with other companies to develop new products and services that appeal to the fantasy and science fiction fan base, continuing to raise money for Heifer International. Year round, they sell signed books, foreign editions from Pat and other authors, art, and collectibles through their online store, The Tinker’s Packs. In July of 2014, they completed a mid-season IndieGoGo fundraiser that grossed over $200,000. They also teamed up with artist Karen Hallion to produce a calendar featuring whimsical images that blend two fantasy worlds together. A 2016 Karen Hallion calendar is currently in the works. Proceeds from all of these ventures helped support Heifer International.
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