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The Humble Book Bundle: Smart Homes, Smart Cities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the link<\/strong><\/a>! Offer expires 2018-09-24 11:00:00 PDT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Street smart, house smart.<\/strong>\u00a0Get smart with a new bundle of Springer books, including\u00a0Smart Cities: The Internet of Things, People and Systems; Technology for Smart Futures; The Future Home is Wise, Not Smart: A Human-Centric Perspective on Next Generation Domestic Technologies;\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Smart Home Automation with Linux and Raspberry Pi<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pay what you want.<\/strong>\u00a0All together, these ebooks would cost over $1939. Here at Humble Bundle, you choose the price and increase your contribution to upgrade your bundle! This bundle has a minimum $1 purchase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read them anywhere.<\/strong>\u00a0These books are available in PDF format, and many in ePUB too, meaning you can read them anywhere at any time. Instructions and a list of recommended reading programs can be found\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Support charity.<\/strong>\u00a0Choose where the money goes \u2013 between the publisher and Little Free Library via the\u00a0PayPal Giving Fund<\/a>. If you like what we do, you can leave us a Humble Tip too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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