It's out! xkcd: volume 0 is available for $18. We came in $1 under our target price. There's also an option to get your copy with an autograph from Randy (ideal if you can't make our initial fundraiser book tour). [Sorry for not making it more clear in this entry, but it was a limited time offer. It was so popular, though, that we're thinking of doing it again near year's end.] And yes, as you may have heard, all of breadpig's profits are going toward Room to Read. Our aim is to have enough money raised by the end of the tour to build a school in Laos that we'll dedicate to xkcd, or maybe we'll leave the dedication to xkcd readers...
Thanks for letting us know – we're looking into it. And yes, donating to RoomToRead is all part of the plan to continue the cycle of future xkcd readers (much like LOLmagnetz.com profits go toward rescuing dogs&cats so that there are more pet owners to buy more LOLmagnetz – quite sinister, really).
Sorry this wasn't made more clear, but it was a limited-time offer. It was so popular that I think we may bring it back around year's end, though.
I apologize for not having made it more clear on this entry. I think we'll run the program again near the holidays and I'll be sure to explicitly state that it's a limited time offer (and for how long).
Good for you. My son said it was suppose to be for 48 hours and it wasn't.
Yay! I very much want to offer this book as a gift to some folks in the U.S. However, I am running into a problem via Paypal, where even though I enter a U.S. zip code and it predicts a $5 shipping fee per U.S. destination, when I get to the payment area where I can say I don't want it shipped to me in Europe – not yet, anyhow – it still tacks on an International Shipping Rate (sic caps) of $15 and predicts a 5-7 week delay. Can someone give me a hand with this?
Anyhow, great venture, and bravo on donating the profits to a highly worthy cause. We know, you are just building your future market audience, but there are all sorts of other good consequences.
Signed, Happy Scientist. Oh, wait, my name's entered above.