SPIE eBooks brings SPIE Press titles to the same SPIE Digital Library platform as SPIE Proceedings and SPIE Journals. The beta version is now available.
Features of SPIE eBooks include:
- 120 SPIE Press books at the beginning of 2010
- 15-20 new SPIE Press books and editions published first as SPIE eBooks each year
- Unlimited sitewide simultaneous use of the books
- No digital rights management
- MARC records available from SPIE (free) and OCLC
- Integrated searching with SPIE Proceedings and SPIE Journals
- Open access to all book front matter, introductions, and indexes
- PDF-formatted content
- Chapter-level downloading and printing
- Book chapters available for purchase by individuals
Two options for institutional acquisition of SPIE eBooks collections
Option 1:
- Annual subscription: $975 for single-site institutions, with fee fixed at $975 for renewals in 2011 and 2012
- Post-cancellation perpetual access via DVD of PDF files and Portico for content published during subscription term
Option 2:
- One time Purchase: 2010 price of $9,875 for full 1989-2010 collection
- Post-cancellation perpetual access to purchased content on SPIE Digital Library platform for modest annual platform fee. DVD of PDF files and/or Portico access also available
Explore the full functionality of SPIE eBooks with the following chapters that may be accessed without purchase:
- Advanced Optics Using Aspherical Elements, PM173, Chapters 6 & 7
- Introduction to Imaging Spectrometers, TT25, Chapters 9 & 13
- Field Guide to Optical Lithography, FG06, Entries 14, 16, 20, 31, 32, 77, 78, 79, 80
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