600 books from O'Reilly publishers are available for reading on the website of the Leipzig startup PaperC
A recent announcement by the creators of the startup PaperC reported that 600 books from the well-known publisher O'Reilly are available for reading on their website. Thus, the total amount of available literature exceeded 3000 titles, and many of them were already from the IT field.
Most of the books are in English, less often in German.
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One of the founders of a startup at the time of writing his thesis often had to travel from Berlin to St. Gallen and back. At the same time, he constantly took several books with him for work, since at that time there was not a single normal online library. Actually out of this problem, a PaperC startup has arisen, with the goal of providing as much as possible specialized (including on IT) literature, for free access online.
All books are available for free viewing, you can bookmark, tag, add quotes. You have to pay for additional services, such as: printing, saving, online change of the page of the book. Additional service costs 10 euro cents per page. For Germany, in general, the normal price, usually a copy or a printout of the page, costs as much in the copy. On the other hand, students usually get a discount (price 3-5 cents per copy).
Most of the books are in English, less often in German.
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One of the founders of a startup at the time of writing his thesis often had to travel from Berlin to St. Gallen and back. At the same time, he constantly took several books with him for work, since at that time there was not a single normal online library. Actually out of this problem, a PaperC startup has arisen, with the goal of providing as much as possible specialized (including on IT) literature, for free access online.
All books are available for free viewing, you can bookmark, tag, add quotes. You have to pay for additional services, such as: printing, saving, online change of the page of the book. Additional service costs 10 euro cents per page. For Germany, in general, the normal price, usually a copy or a printout of the page, costs as much in the copy. On the other hand, students usually get a discount (price 3-5 cents per copy).
Interesting Facts
- During the beta phase, the portal was tested on 1,500 university students in Berlin.
- At the beginning, 1500 book titles were available.
- Currently, 17 publishers are providing their books; negotiations are underway with other firms
- Startup was nominated in the Startup 2009 category in Germany
- In 2010 it is planned to enter the international market (read - in English)
- Each year, German students lay out in the amount of 100 million euros for a copy of special lit.-ry
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/85667/
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