09-16-2013, 11:18 PM | #1 |
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legal sources of e-textbooks
Apart from the big 3 (Apple, Amazon and Barnes and Noble)...
- Google have plans to start providing too, right? Other providers: CourseSmart, Chegg, Inkling, Kno. Am I missing anyone important? Thanks! |
09-16-2013, 11:27 PM | #2 |
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O'Reilly, Kobo and Sony holds some titles as well.
Depends what subject/s you're looking for. |
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09-16-2013, 11:34 PM | #3 |
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You can purchase/rent directly from the academic publisher in some/most(?) cases.
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09-17-2013, 02:52 AM | #4 |
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Are you at university or college? Ask the library. You might have access to a service like ebrary.
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09-17-2013, 09:12 PM | #5 |
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Google has some as well, but for the most part, the publishers are holding a tight rein on their ebooks. Quite a few use some proprietary formats that aren't supported by any ebook readers. Some don't even let you use a downloadable file, but rather just have a webpage you use. It seems it is mostly the smaller publishers that are allowing stuff in formats we use.
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09-19-2013, 11:41 AM | #6 |
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I think Wikibooks has some don't they?
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09-19-2013, 11:44 AM | #7 |
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If you don't need specific ones for a specific class but are just looking for general study materials, and if you are fine with PDF rather than "proper" ebook formats, there is a lot of legal nonfiction at http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/
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09-19-2013, 01:46 PM | #8 |
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While it's presented nicely, the e-booksdirectory.com link doesn't have that many books (and most of them are from Smashwords, Project Gutenberg or Archive.org).
John Mark Ockerbloom's, The Online Books Page is the most exhaustive listing of books on-line I'm aware of. William |
09-20-2013, 11:13 AM | #10 |
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The files at OpenStax are too darn huge. I had no idea there was any such thing as a 300MB ePUB!
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09-29-2013, 05:44 AM | #11 |
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You missed the vital source e-textbooks: www.vitalsource.com
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