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O’Reilly Learning platform no longer as a benefit of your ACM membership

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Re: O’Reilly Learning platform no longer as a benefit of your ACM membership

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Post by JJMcJ »

AnonHP wrote: post #10

Totally on a tangent here (and I realize that this may rub some people the wrong way): Maybe just ditch O’Reilly learning altogether? The publisher stopped selling ebooks online several years ago and left people with the only option of subscribing to the online service (it does participate in the discounted Humble Bundle sales once in a while). Now these subscription prices are way higher than before. Maybe this is w…

I remember when that happened with the ebooks. One day you could buy ebooks in multiple formats, including PDF, or ebook + paper book for about 25% more, usually. Then we woke up one morning and the only digital format was Kindle and you could no longer buy direct from O'Reilly in any format.

I still think their books are among the best edited and informative on the market but their business practices are getting less and less appetizing.

Re: O’Reilly Learning platform no longer as a benefit of your ACM membership

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Post by JJMcJ »

srazzaque wrote: post #5
mymllnthaccount wrote: post #2

The price from O'Reilly is 50/month or 500/year. I think there is a lot of content there, but I'm also finding it hard to stomach their pricing. $100/year was a no brainer (or whatever the membership fee for ACM was). I would probably do $200 or maybe even $300/ year. But $500!! Maybe I'll try talking my employer into paying for it.

I'd wager that employers/corporates are precisely their target market with this sort of pricing.

Similar to conferences - $2500 plus travel means only a few successful consultants will go on their own money.

Re: O’Reilly Learning platform no longer as a benefit of your ACM membership

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Post by the_only_law »

AnonHP wrote: post #10

Totally on a tangent here (and I realize that this may rub some people the wrong way): Maybe just ditch O’Reilly learning altogether? The publisher stopped selling ebooks online several years ago and left people with the only option of subscribing to the online service (it does participate in the discounted Humble Bundle sales once in a while). Now these subscription prices are way higher than before. Maybe this is w…

I gotta wonder what their mindset was doing that? We’re they particularly struggling prior to switching to subscription-only? Had other publishers begun to do something similar? Data collection scheme?

Re: O’Reilly Learning platform no longer as a benefit of your ACM membership

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Post by yftsui »

tssva wrote: post #3

Check with your local library. Many public libraries provide free access to O'Reilly for card holders.

My local library Safaribooks has very limited selections compared with a paid O’Reilly subscription, the most obvious one is there is no video content.

Re: O’Reilly Learning platform no longer as a benefit of your ACM membership

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Post by unmole »

yowmamasita wrote: post #16
unmole wrote: post #15

Does anyone know of a way to download videos from O'Reilly for personal use?

https://github.com/yowmamasita/download-oreilly-books I compiled the instructions here

Thanks! I ended up reaching the same Chrome extension.

Re: O’Reilly Learning platform no longer as a benefit of your ACM membership

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Post by blub »

AnonHP wrote: post #10

Totally on a tangent here (and I realize that this may rub some people the wrong way): Maybe just ditch O’Reilly learning altogether? The publisher stopped selling ebooks online several years ago and left people with the only option of subscribing to the online service (it does participate in the discounted Humble Bundle sales once in a while). Now these subscription prices are way higher than before. Maybe this is w…

Some O’Reilly books are available on ebooks.com DRM-free.
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