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i cant help but wonder why on earth they're giving promotions without preparing their infrastructure. reminds me of "free ebook from Packt" promo that lasted for days but never managed to get any since the website was always down.

the one that went well was Pragmatic Programmer, bought an Arduino ebook. it was posted here last week. those who complain that book promo shouldn't be here have their reason, but i'm glad i see this kind of promo in HN.

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I'm happy to see relevant promos here as well because I would miss out on them otherwise, but it's a slippery slope.

Perhaps we could have a convention for post titles or a separate section for them?

Apologies if this idea has been floated and rejected before.

I missed the PragProg one, slightly disappointed now I've found out about it.

The free ebook from Packt was a slight disaster, hopefully they're getting on top of it now.

So far as I know, the PragProg discount is still valid[1]. I think it's valid all day today. Load up your cart, and as you go through the purchasing process, there's a button to apply coupons. Click there, and enter the word TURKEY (not sure if it's case sensitive; all caps works for me). That should get you a 40% discount. Enjoy.

[1] Yup, just confirmed. Here's the original blog post, which I'll submit to HN as well: http://pragprog.com/news/black-friday-cyber-monday-40-off-sa....

Oh, awesome thanks. Got myself confused on the expiry time.