The CommonsWare Warescription

The plan is simple: you give us $40, we give you access to personalized digital copies of the entire CommonsWare library for a year, for your individual use. You get PDF and EPUB, even a native Kindle edition. There is no hard DRM, no recurring charges, and no automatic renewals. We try to keep it simple, since you have better things to do with your time than fight with books.

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CommonsWare titles will be updated in digital form (e.g., PDF) in between print versions. At least one book is updated or published per month, and sometimes much more than that. By purchasing the Warescription, you get all those interim releases (e.g., Version 1.1) in addition to the major releases (e.g., Version 2.0).

This isn't just for a single title either — this is for the whole library. Admittedly, CommonsWare is just starting out, so the collection of available titles is fairly small. But, as new titles get published (2-3 per year), Warescription subscribers get immediate access to them as well, even before they are available in print. You just download the ones you need when you need them.

Subscribers also get other benefits, notably access to subscriber-only online office hours, to ask development questions in a real-time chat, to get rapid, tailored assistance.

If you don't think we are providing enough value, just let your subscription lapse, and you still get to keep the copies you downloaded for your own individual use. However, when your subscription lapses, you will no longer be able to get updates to those titles, or any new titles, or any material or benefits we provide solely for Warescription members. Also, you will not be able to download books after your subscription lapses, but anything you have downloaded before then you can keep.

Today, we accept payment via Amazon Payments, PayPal, and Google Checkout. Or, if you have received a coupon code from us, you can use that to add time to your Warescription as well.

CommonsWare Combo

Owners of the following print books may qualify for a free one-month Warescription:

While "one month" sounds short, the purpose is to get you access to the latest version of your book, since the digital versions are updated more frequently than the print ones. As a side benefit, you get access to the entire library of CommonsWare titles for that month, plus other benefits as described on the Warescription page.

To learn more, visit the CommonsWare Combo page!

Current Subscribers

The Warescription site, where you signed up before, will allow you to:

  • Get access to the latest editions of all books in your subscription
  • Extend your subscription — just use the same purchase or coupon process as you did before
  • Sign up for the monthly newsletter, so you can learn when new and interesting material is made available to subscribers

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