Well there are prices appearing now for me in the UK so apparently those freebies weren't intentional. sad
I'm in UK as well and everything was working just fine up until ~15 minutes ago.
Springer Textbooks More Than 10 Years Old Available for Free Legal Download
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#122While this may have been true when it was posted it is no longer true. If you think about it the idea doesn't make sense because the still living authors still want a cut. It's unfortunate because it's very difficult to find good textbooks just by searching yourself because the prices are so high.
I don't buy the idea that the authors all still want a "cut" so to speak, given that many authors (at least in statistics) make copies freely available on their websites. I know Shumway did with the time series text and I beleive Lasserman did as well.
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#123Seems like demand was so high they had to kill it. I guess that’s what happens when you hit first page of HN, there must have been thousands of geeks downloading books by the dozens. Well it was good while it lasted. Managed to download a few books. Better luck next time/year.
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#124Umm, what happened? I clicked on a few of those titles below and its asking me to PAY!!!
:(
Information should be free.
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#125Well there are prices appearing now for me in the UK so apparently those freebies weren't intentional. sad
I'm in UK as well and everything was working just fine up until ~15 minutes ago.
This may be something decided depending on your geographic position where author's or editor's rights are differently being applied then.. From where I am I can get a "Download Book" button.
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#126Sooo many good books! I'm exhausted! Here are some good ones: MPEG Video Compression Standard: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/b115884 Chaos and Fractals: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/b97624 Proofs from THE BOOK: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-05412-3 Joel on Software: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4302-0753-5 Programming Challenges: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/…
I cannot download any of these for free. Could it have to do with me accessing the site from Germany?
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#127Sooo many good books! I'm exhausted! Here are some good ones: MPEG Video Compression Standard: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/b115884 Chaos and Fractals: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/b97624 Proofs from THE BOOK: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-05412-3 Joel on Software: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4302-0753-5 Programming Challenges: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/…
I cannot download any of these for free. Could it have to do with me accessing the site from Germany?
Nah, it seems they shut it down already. Probably a bug :)
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#128Sooo many good books! I'm exhausted! Here are some good ones: MPEG Video Compression Standard: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/b115884 Chaos and Fractals: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/b97624 Proofs from THE BOOK: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-05412-3 Joel on Software: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4302-0753-5 Programming Challenges: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/…
None of these work for me.
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#129Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm in UK as well and everything was working just fine up until ~15 minutes ago.
This may be something decided depending on your geographic position where author's or editor's rights are differently being applied then.. From where I am I can get a "Download Book" button.
Not sure about that, just checked a link from a book that I had downloaded previously (this morning) and the download option was no longer there.
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#130While this may have been true when it was posted it is no longer true. If you think about it the idea doesn't make sense because the still living authors still want a cut. It's unfortunate because it's very difficult to find good textbooks just by searching yourself because the prices are so high.
It may just be the site getting hammered. I'm seeing my searches limited to 2011-Present even though I'm searching 1990-Present.