Figured I'd mention this: W.W. Norton's offering ebooks, with reduced pricing scheme

zerospinboson · 08-04-2009, 09:25 AM

I was just browsing their website a bit, was redirected to Nortonebooks and I noticed this ad:

Quote:

Same great books, 1/2 the price
Norton ’s ebooks are the same as Norton’s paper books. Page for page, you’ll have all the features of traditional textbooks... plus: Accessibility and portability. Read your ebook anywhere you have a computer. More money in your pocket. ebooks cost much less than paper books—usually 50% less!

They're apparently offering their titles either online (1y licence), or as ADE.
Interesting, no? (well, for those of you who've run across them)

PS. Apologies for playing with fonts so much, I was bored

Abecedary · 08-04-2009, 09:48 AM

Doesn't look too bad if you need the textbooks. And it looks like the ADE versions are PDFs--the format comparison page says the downloadable version "replicates book pages exactly" as a feature. Of course, for material like a textbook, it really needs to replicate the original formatting. Still, nice to see Norton going that route. Now we just need an ADE ereader that has good (read 'excellent') PDF support.

Arapito · 08-04-2009, 11:23 PM

This had me really excited - I've been waiting for the "official" versions of Patrick O'Brian's novels to be released as eBooks ever since I got my Reader.

But no, sadly, this is their College Textbook division only. My attempts to put some revenue their way - or Harper Collins, I don't care - will have to wait for another day; by regular fix of Aubrey and Maturin will, of course, remain unchanged.

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08-04-2009, 09:48 AM	#2
Abecedary Exwyzeeologist Posts: 535 Karma: 3261 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: :PRS-505::iPod touch:	Doesn't look too bad if you need the textbooks. And it looks like the ADE versions are PDFs--the format comparison page says the downloadable version "replicates book pages exactly" as a feature. Of course, for material like a textbook, it really needs to replicate the original formatting. Still, nice to see Norton going that route. Now we just need an ADE ereader that has good (read 'excellent') PDF support.

08-04-2009, 11:23 PM	#3
Arapito Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Device: PRS-505	This had me really excited - I've been waiting for the "official" versions of Patrick O'Brian's novels to be released as eBooks ever since I got my Reader. But no, sadly, this is their College Textbook division only. My attempts to put some revenue their way - or Harper Collins, I don't care - will have to wait for another day; by regular fix of Aubrey and Maturin will, of course, remain unchanged.

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