so a student can't study on both his/her desktop and laptop or ereader, which pretty much sucks. i guess the university is trying to keep students from sharing, but in reality there are still ways to pirate the ebooks just like there are with the books - and now students will be limited to studying on only one computer. students who want to pirate can still screencap all the pages in the book.
and if certain books are only good for a few months, will they cost significantly less than an ebook that will allow reference and study for many years to come?
sounds like having a couple people who actually read ebooks help design this program might have been useful. while i realize that princeton had good intentions, it doesn't seem like they've actually made things easier - or more useful - for students.
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2) yes, the textbook will be locked to a single computer. that software, however, does allow for backups and unlimited printing (with a few exceptions). also, in the case of crashes, technical support will be available for those that have purchased these ebooks to allow for a second download.
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4) the five month activation only applies to specific books which are being discontinued and no longer published. some ebooks, at the publishers request again, are set to a minimum of 5 months activation.
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