How to pay for this book

Thank you for being here! I hope you’ve enjoyed Beau­tiful Racket so far.

This book has no ads. It’s supported by readers like you. Why is this neces­sary? Please see why you should pay.

These options are one-time payments for the web-based book you see here. There is no PDF, e-book, paper­back, or pass­word deliv­ered after purchase. Payments are handled by Stripe.

Choose the payment level that suits you best:

Basic

If you enjoyed this book, worked through some tuto­rials, and learned a few things, then $39 is a completely fair price for your new knowl­edge, and compa­rable to what you’d pay for a printed book.

Super Deluxe

In addi­tion to giving the book an extra turbo boost, you get a one-person license for Trip­li­cate, the mono­spaced font—designed by me, of course—which is used throughout this book for code samples. Trip­li­cate is ordi­narily $119 by itself, so Super Deluxe is a sweet deal at $99.

Student

You have four room­mates. You’re surviving on ramen. I get it. But tuition isn’t free either, right? Let’s split the differ­ence. At $19, this is half the amount of the Basic payment. A small invest­ment now; a life­time to reap the benefit.

Educator

If you’re a professor or other teacher who wants to use this book in a class—either as recom­mended or assigned reading, or as a source of exam­ples and expla­na­tions—then this is the right payment. Because your students aren’t going to kick in anything. And $149 is still cheaper than a single copy of most hard­cover text­books.

Enter­prise

If you’re a corpo­rate engi­neering manager who wants to use this book to help your team with training, inspi­ra­tion, or “driving strategic outcomes”, then spending $299 is an excel­lent way to share your success.

Can I buy the other fonts?

Yes. The sans serif used for head­ings is Concourse and the body text is Heliotrope. Like Trip­li­cate, I designed them, and they can be licensed sepa­rately through mbtype.com.

Special arrange­ments

If none of these options will work, you can reach me at mb@beautifulracket.com to propose an alter­nate plan. I will try to be open-minded. In return, I ask that you be reason­able—I’m afraid I can’t specially accom­mo­date those who want to pay $5 (or €5, or £5).