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Beware if you plan to buy electronic books from Manning. Unlike O'Reilly and Pragmatic one may only download purchased electronic books from Manning for a short

Beware if you plan to buy electronic books from Manning. Unlike O'Reilly and Pragmatic one may only download purchased electronic books from Manning for a short period of time. http://manning.com/about/ebook_support.html#downloadtime http://manning.com/about/ebook_support.html#downloadtime

calibraxis 15y ago
That made me extremely hesitant to order from them, but it turns out that I can download all my Manning books without time restrictions. (Clearly inconsistent with the policy you point out; dunno what it all means.)
- absconditus 15y ago
  They might have changed this recently. Several months ago I wanted to download a copy of a book that I had purchased in the past and discovered this policy. I was not able to download it again.
- absconditus 15y ago
  Are you using the original links that were emailed to you? I no longer had the download message and I see no way to login on their site.
  - mark_h 15y ago
    That is a definitely usability flaw IMO. I forget the exact dance I did, but I think in the end it was simply to create an account, and they associate all books you've previously ordered with that email address with your new account. The emailed links expire, but the accounts page is permanent as far as I know.
chewbranca 15y ago
Try: http://beta.manning.com/ http://beta.manning.com/ Lists all of your ebooks with quick download links and last updated times for meap books. Been using it for a while now with no issues.
zaph0d 15y ago
That's not true (at least not any more). You now get an account on Manning the first time you buy a book and you can download the electronic versions of those books any time from your account. Screenshot of my account page - http://imgur.com/Hu7qT http://imgur.com/Hu7qT The URL is - http://beta.manning.com http://beta.manning.com To clarify, the time limit applies only to the links that are sent via email to you. The latest version of the MEAP and the published versions are always available for download.

calibraxis 15y ago

That made me extremely hesitant to order from them, but it turns out that I can download all my Manning books without time restrictions. (Clearly inconsistent with the policy you point out; dunno what it all means.)

absconditus 15y ago
They might have changed this recently. Several months ago I wanted to download a copy of a book that I had purchased in the past and discovered this policy. I was not able to download it again.
absconditus 15y ago
Are you using the original links that were emailed to you? I no longer had the download message and I see no way to login on their site.
- mark_h 15y ago
  That is a definitely usability flaw IMO. I forget the exact dance I did, but I think in the end it was simply to create an account, and they associate all books you've previously ordered with that email address with your new account. The emailed links expire, but the accounts page is permanent as far as I know.

chewbranca 15y ago

Try: http://beta.manning.com/ http://beta.manning.com/ Lists all of your ebooks with quick download links and last updated times for meap books. Been using it for a while now with no issues.

zaph0d 15y ago

That's not true (at least not any more). You now get an account on Manning the first time you buy a book and you can download the electronic versions of those books any time from your account. Screenshot of my account page - http://imgur.com/Hu7qT http://imgur.com/Hu7qT The URL is - http://beta.manning.com http://beta.manning.com To clarify, the time limit applies only to the links that are sent via email to you. The latest version of the MEAP and the published versions are always available for download.