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We want to accelerate learning and discovery and  make it easy to find, read, and contribute to science and research. To help with this we are making some changes to our websites.  </p><p><br /></p><p><strong>All Springer, Palgrave, and Apress books will now be on <a href="https://link.springer.com/search?package=41786&facet-content-type=%22Book%22" target="_blank" class="is-external">SpringerLink</a> so you can easily search and find books on the same or related topics. </strong>SpringerLink will also be the place for you to buy any of our Springer, Palgrave, and Apress books.</p><p><br /></p><p>By combining our books together on SpringerLink, we can improve the book pages quicker across all imprints, and provide users searching for a specific topic with more results for purchase.</p><p><br /></p><p>Further information on these changes can be found below. </p><p><br /></p></div> <ul class="cms-link-list"> <li><a href="#c19732922">Search our products</a></li><li><a href="#c19732926">Buying our products</a></li><li><a href="#c19774778">Apress Access</a></li><li><a href="#c19760818">Booksellers, Reviewers, Media</a></li><li><a href="#c19794170">Supplemental downloadable material</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="id5" class="cms-container cms-highlight-0"><div class="row"><div class="columns small-12 "> <div class="cms-common cms-article default-table"> <p class="taxonomy"> </p> <div class="section-header"> <h2 id="c19732922"> Search our products </h2> <a class="back-link" href="#c19794878">Top</a> </div> <div class="cms-richtext"><p><strong>All books and journals can be found by searching on <a href="https://link.springer.com/search?package=41786&facet-content-type=%22Book%22" target="_blank" class="is-external">SpringerLink</a>. </strong></p><p>You can search across articles, chapters, books, conference papers, reference work entries, protocols and videos, including filtering by subject and date.</p></div> </div> </div></div></div> <div id="id6" class="cms-container cms-highlight-0"><div class="row"><div class="columns small-12 "> <div class="cms-common cms-article default-table"> <p class="taxonomy"> </p> <div class="section-header"> <h2 id="c19732926"> Buying our products </h2> <a class="back-link" href="#c19794878">Top</a> </div> <div class="cms-richtext"><p>Buying our products has also changed now that our books have moved to a new home on <a href="https://link.springer.com/search?package=41786&facet-content-type=%22Book%22" target="_blank" class="is-external">SpringerLink</a>. </p><ul><li><strong>You can continue to use your login credentials on SpringerLink you’ve been using in the past on Springer.com, Apress.com, and Palgrave.com.</strong></li><li>On SpringerLink customers can buy ebook, hardcover and softcover formats of all published Springer, Palgrave, and Apress books (including reference works) as well as books that are only available in print, the print version of OA titles and the print version where the user has access to the ebook via their institution.</li><li>Forthcoming titles are not currently available on SpringerLink. 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In case there are any issues with your author discount, please contact authorsupport@springernature.com.</li></ul><h3>Subscriptions</h3><p>Your existing Journal subscriptions will continue as before.</p></div> </div> </div></div></div> <div id="id7" class="cms-container cms-highlight-0"><div class="row"><div class="columns small-12 "> <div class="cms-common cms-article default-table"> <p class="taxonomy"> </p> <div class="section-header"> <h2 id="c19774778"> Apress Access </h2> <a class="back-link" href="#c19794878">Top</a> </div> <div class="cms-richtext"><p>Existing subscribers will be able to continue to access all current and forthcoming Apress books via SpringerLink for the duration of their subscription by logging into <a href="https://link.springer.com/signup-login" target="_blank" class="is-external">their new SpringerLink account</a> using their existing login and password. 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This will open a drop-down menu in which you can click on My Bookshelf to get to your bookshelf.</p><ul><li>On this <a href="https://library.springer.com/" target="_blank" class="is-external">bookshelf</a> page you can click on Access product to see the complete <a href="https://link.springer.com/search?package=41786" target="_blank" class="is-external">Apress Access product list.</a></li><li>You can go directly to the <a href="https://link.springer.com/search?package=41786&facet-content-type=%22Book%22" target="_blank" class="is-external">Apress Access search page</a> on SpringerLink to search for books that are part of the package. </li></ul><p>Current subscribers will receive an email about how to extend the subscription should they wish to do so.</p><p>Apress Access is not available to new subscribers. </p></div> </div> </div></div></div> <div id="id8" class="cms-container cms-highlight-0"><div class="row"><div class="columns small-12 "> <div class="cms-common cms-article default-table"> <p class="taxonomy"> </p> <div class="section-header"> <h2 id="c19760818"> Booksellers, Reviewers, Media </h2> <a class="back-link" href="#c19794878">Top</a> </div> <div class="cms-richtext"><p>SpringerLink is now the home for our complete book catalog so you can find all information on the product pages at that site. </p><h3>Book Reviews </h3><p>For more information about reviewing our books, please check our page for <a href="https://www.springer.com/gp/reviewers" target="_self" class="is-external">Reviewers</a> at <a href="https://www.springer.com/gp/reviewers" target="_self" class="is-external">https://www.springer.com/gp/reviewers</a>.</p><h3>Media contacts</h3><p>If you are a journalist and you have any specific media inquiry about our topics and portfolio, including requests for covers and other material, please use our <a href="https://www.springer.com/gp/about-springer/media" target="_self" class="is-external">Media Contacts</a> page at <a href="https://www.springer.com/gp/about-springer/media" target="_self" class="is-external">https://www.springer.com/gp/about-springer/media</a>.</p><h3>Booksellers</h3><p>Advance notice of forthcoming titles is not currently available on SpringerLink. Booksellers will find additional information on <a href="https://www.springernature.com/gp/booksellers" target="_blank" class="is-external">the new Springer Nature Bookseller Portal</a> at <a href="https://www.springernature.com/gp/booksellers" target="_blank" class="is-external">https://www.springernature.com/gp/booksellers</a> and browse through our large catalog of available and forthcoming titles with <a href="https://booksellers.springernature.com/" target="_blank" class="is-external">the new Bookseller Search Tool</a>.</p></div> </div> </div></div></div> <div id="id9" class="cms-container cms-highlight-0"><div class="row"><div class="columns small-12 "> <div class="cms-common cms-article default-table"> <p class="taxonomy"> </p> <div class="section-header"> <h2 id="c19794170"> Supplemental downloadable material </h2> <a class="back-link" href="#c19794878">Top</a> </div> <div class="cms-richtext"><p>Electronic supplemental materials (ESMs) that serve as companion material to a specific book chapter are already available on SpringerLink. </p><p>A small amount of content, specifically content relevant to a whole book such as source code, solution manuals, lecture slides, and other materials, are being migrated. 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