Free (Kindle) 7 Springer & Aspen technical textbooks [Science Reference]

ATDrake · 04-19-2012, 01:58 AM

I'm pretty sure this is a glitch freebie, but 7 highly-specialized textbooks from academic publishers Springer & Aspen have shown up at £0.00 in the Amazon UK store, and some of them also seem to be available in other regions as well (at least to Canada).

Subjects include Food Chemistry, Semiconductors, Nanotech, Elecronic Design, the future of small telescopes in the new millenium (these ones look like they might be intended to be free, as their digital list price is set to £/$0.00 and you don't "save" anything like you do with the others).

Linkage for the lot for the UK: Springer, Aspen
Linkage for the lot for the main store: Springer, Aspen

Enjoy while it lasts, and be absolutely sure of the price before 1-clicking, because the prices for the probably-glitch ones run into triple figures.

plib · 04-19-2012, 05:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ATDrake

Enjoy while it lasts, and be absolutely sure of the price before 1-clicking, because the prices for the probably-glitch ones run into triple figures.

I don't know how other people handle it but I have an account at Amazon without any payment method entered which I use for freebies so no inadvertent charges can be made.

pendragginp · 04-19-2012, 08:38 AM

That's amazing. I was able to get them all for my husband.

koland · 04-19-2012, 10:24 AM

Note that the Aspen title is an Instructor's Manual for a textbook, not the actual textbook.

ApK · 04-19-2012, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Print List Price: $689.00
Kindle Price: $0.00 includes free wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet
You Save: $689.00 (100%)

Pretty sure that's the most I've ever saved on an ebook deal.
When this free deal is over, I wonder how much I could get for my copy on ebay...?
Kidding.

RainingLemur · 04-19-2012, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ApK

Pretty sure that's the most I've ever saved on an ebook deal.
When this free deal is over, I wonder how much I could get for my copy on ebay...?
Kidding.

The Semiconductor handbook is $1,200! Yikes.

koland · 04-19-2012, 05:05 PM

Springer's books are always outrageous, but only the Telescope book is there in it's entirety. One is just the appendices (still, it sells separately in the $60+ range) and the semiconductor book is only the first half, I think (not looking at them right now). I believe the last of the bunch is vol 1 of 3 (sorry, been busy since I looked and too lazy to go do it again, right now).

04-19-2012, 01:58 AM	#1
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Free (Kindle) 7 Springer & Aspen technical textbooks [Science Reference] I'm pretty sure this is a glitch freebie, but 7 highly-specialized textbooks from academic publishers Springer & Aspen have shown up at £0.00 in the Amazon UK store, and some of them also seem to be available in other regions as well (at least to Canada). Subjects include Food Chemistry, Semiconductors, Nanotech, Elecronic Design, the future of small telescopes in the new millenium (these ones look like they might be intended to be free, as their digital list price is set to £/$0.00 and you don't "save" anything like you do with the others). Linkage for the lot for the UK: Springer, Aspen Linkage for the lot for the main store: Springer, Aspen Enjoy while it lasts, and be absolutely sure of the price before 1-clicking, because the prices for the probably-glitch ones run into triple figures.

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pendragginp Guru Posts: 985 Karma: 4567263 Join Date: May 2009 Location: The End Of The Earth Device: Several	That's amazing. I was able to get them all for my husband.

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koland Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,560 Karma: 8033155 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: TN, USA Device: kindle(all), nook, nookcolor, Sony, Kobo, epic, iphone, iPad, pc	Note that the Aspen title is an Instructor's Manual for a textbook, not the actual textbook.

04-19-2012, 05:05 PM	#7
koland Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,560 Karma: 8033155 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: TN, USA Device: kindle(all), nook, nookcolor, Sony, Kobo, epic, iphone, iPad, pc	Springer's books are always outrageous, but only the Telescope book is there in it's entirety. One is just the appendices (still, it sells separately in the $60+ range) and the semiconductor book is only the first half, I think (not looking at them right now). I believe the last of the bunch is vol 1 of 3 (sorry, been busy since I looked and too lazy to go do it again, right now).

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