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Jason Schreier's "Blood, Sweat and Pixels" is $1.99 (US/Can) on Kindle

DyslexicAlucard

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Looked and couldn't find a thread, but "Blood, Sweat and Pixels" by Kotaku's Jason Schreier is currently on deep sale on Kindle. It's $1.99 in both the US and Canada. I haven't read it yet, but I've heard it's a fantastic look into the harrowing world of game development.

Note: if you don't own a Kindle, you can still read it on your phone/tablet via the Kindle app, or on a web browser via the Kindle cloud reader.

Link to the US sale page

Link to the Canadian sale page

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Edit: also on sale on Google and iBooks!

crimsonheadGCN said:
It's also available through Google Play Books.

https://play.google.com/store/books/details?pcampaignid=books_read_action&id=-bK-DQAAQBAJ

Luckily I checked before making the mistake of buying it through Amazon.
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jeanrick said:
Thanks for the heads up! It's on sale on iBooks too
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Ralemont

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Definitely recommend, especially the audiobook narrated by Noctis Ray Chase. Even the chapters on games I had no interest in were interesting to read/hear.
 
MikeRahl

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If you have any Project Management experience the whole book is almost one big face palm. But it was a fantastic read.
 
Orb

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Shows up as $1.99 for me, which is still a hell of a deal. I loved this book and if you are interested at all in the process of game development and publishing, you will too.
 
BrickArts295

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Buy it! Try and get the audiobook if you can, its really good for car rides!
 
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DyslexicAlucard

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Orb said:
Shows up as $1.99 for me, which is still a hell of a deal. I loved this book and if you are interested at all in the process of game development and publishing, you will too.
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I'm browsing from Canada, so I had to visit Amazon.com to get the US price. Maybe there's some weird auto-conversion going on.
 

Shoeless

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Thanks for the tip! I'd had the sample sitting on my Kindle for ages. Just upgraded to the full version.
 
Consequence

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Sigh, and yet another thing that I was going to put on my birthday list for my family is purchased by myself.
 
Imerty

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Excellent book. Highly recommend to anyone interested in knowing about the backstage of videogames.
 
DJ_Lae

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Neat.

Will see how easy it is to convert to Kobo format (otherwise I'll just read it on my phone). Had my eye on the paperback version for a while but this is a fraction of the cost.
 
Pyro

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Already own the paperback and bumping this thread cuz the book is amazing.
 
Arttemis

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How much of this book is prose compared to images? Is it entry text based, or does it rely on graphics?
 

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it's 11.72 on Amazon US for me and on Canadian Amazon it's not even showing the ebook version :/

EDIT: Never mind it's just for US accounts.
 
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deadfolk

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Kindle version not even available on amazon.co.uk. :(

edit: but just noticed I already bought it from .com at some unspecified time in the past. :)
 
AcridMeat

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Been going through this as I've had a copy for a little while now, the chapter on Stardew is real good.
 
Gevurztraminer

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Echoing that it's a great read, very enjoyable. Already own the paperback myself and I don't have a kindle, but great deal. I hope Jason writes a follow-up or another one, would be really interesting if he even covered some of the same teams/projects again, plenty of chapters are about long-standing service games.
 
chrominance

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I'm getting "This title is not available for purchase" in Canada?

EDIT: Turns out I had the wrong region set in my Kindle settings. Thanks for the heads-up, looking forward to reading this!
 
Crashnburn85

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A truly fascinating read. Even game titles I had no interest in before reading turned out to have insightful and gripping development stories.
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Seconded this. I really enjoyed the Stardrew Valley read even though I've no interest in the game. My buddy that is into the game had a fun time discussing it together. Not to be a shill, but Jason's authorship here was easy to pick up and hard to put down.
 
Mars

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Aaaaaaaand bought, completely forgot about the existence of this book. Thanks for the heads-up!
 
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DyslexicAlucard

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So based on some responses, it's $1.99 in the US too (despite Amazon.com claiming otherwise when browsing from Canada.) I'll message a mod about editing the title then.
 
Aztechnology

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I think I lent my paperback to a friend. So picked it up from this as I never got a chance to finish it. Thanks.
 
Nekyrrev

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If you are at least a bit interested in video games (and I assume you are), just read it. It's absolutely phenomenal.
It really makes you understand what these developers have to go thru to make these awesome games.
I would kill for a second book like this one. Jasooooooon
 
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