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  • RedShelf

12/15/19

At first, most would view this as perhaps another Kindle fashioned creation allowing one to use the book one has purchased as seen fit. Unfortunately, this is NOT the case at all.

Although they tout the ability to download your purchased book, you simply cannot. Failed attempt after failed attempt, I tried downloading one page, two pages, even front cover to back and to no avail. Customer service was no help in this area as they simply deemed it as an issue on my end even after I tried literally every browser known.

I tried in vain to simply copy and paste some text because after all, if I cannot download the book (although yet again, the author had given that permission) I could at least take the bits and pieces I needed for offline development. Nope, sorry. The overlords had also disabled that option and replaced it instead with an annoying color highlighting option that painted your entire page with whatever god awful highlight color available, informing you that the author had disabled the option of copy and paste.

So... let me get this straight. I paid for an online book to download and I cannot do that. I cannot print any of the pages, I cannot copy or paste any content and the interface is so slow, laggy and devastatingly resource intensive that it locks up my browser on a computer that cost over $3,000.00 to build and yet I am told it is "something on my end"?

Anybody remotely giving this "site" above one star is simply reading a book and not interfacing with the content as a student, instructor, programmer or experimenter would do with coded content. Had this book been offered through Amazon, I would of happily purchased it through that method rather than this obvious cash grab and user restriction.

Think about it. When you buy a book from a book store, does somebody stand over your shoulder telling you what you can and cannot do with your purchase? No. It is your book. Use it for toilet paper if need be, but in this case, the slow, lagging mess of restricted content of simply being able to view your book purchased at almost hardcover cost, implanted within a horrible interface lacking options, annoying pop up with highlighting, adding notes and bookmarks that work a quarter of the time, simply is not worth the price. Look elsewhere because customer service could care less no matter how many times you email them your issues.
Absolute scam!

Tip for consumers:
Stay away. Use Amazon, Google, library, book store, used book store or if the author does not offer other alternatives listed above, drop the class or download it from a torrent because Redshelf has done a HUGE disservice to authors of instructional material.

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Stuck with this junk until end of quarter.

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