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TheJohnNewton · 03-13-2008, 07:55 PM

Halk, I know of two companies that offer book subscriptions Books 24x7 (I get access through my work place) and O'Reilly Books Online. I used to subscribe to O'Reilly before I got free access to 24x7 through my employer. They have both been around for years so I assume they have figured out the business model. They are both very limited in what you can download though. That is fine for the technical books I use from those sites but I would want to be able to download into a reader for the books I would want from Amazon.

You can pay different fees to be able to acces different numbers of books. I actually have unlimted acces to 24x7 but when I had O'Reily I could access X (I forget the exact number) number per month. They offered different levels of access for different fees.

03-13-2008, 07:55 PM	#23
TheJohnNewton Addict Posts: 256 Karma: 144599 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Boox Nova 2	Halk, I know of two companies that offer book subscriptions Books 24x7 (I get access through my work place) and O'Reilly Books Online. I used to subscribe to O'Reilly before I got free access to 24x7 through my employer. They have both been around for years so I assume they have figured out the business model. They are both very limited in what you can download though. That is fine for the technical books I use from those sites but I would want to be able to download into a reader for the books I would want from Amazon. You can pay different fees to be able to acces different numbers of books. I actually have unlimted acces to 24x7 but when I had O'Reily I could access X (I forget the exact number) number per month. They offered different levels of access for different fees. Last edited by TheJohnNewton; 03-13-2008 at 07:59 PM.