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EOD Payment & delivery

EOD eBooks

Your requested eBook is thoroughly scanned and digitized from cover to cover. You will then receive your digital book in a single PDF file. You can then:

  • use the full text search of individual terms.
  • copy and paste the images and parts of the text to other applications (e.g. word processors).
  • paste and save the entire text of the document and further work with this text file as well as print single pages or the entire book.

In addition, if feasible, you may get the automatically recognized text in a separate text file which you will be able to edit in any standard word processor. Use your standard software (Adobe Acrobat Reader), to read the eBook on-screen, zoom in to the image or navigate through the book.

Price for PDFs:

  • up to format A3: CHF 8.00 plus CHF 0.40 / page
  • format A3 and larger: CHF 8.00 plus CHF 3.00 / page

EOD maps and individual pages from books

  • If you need high-resolution scans, you can order TIFs of maps and individual pages.

Price for TIFs: CHF 8.00 plus CHF 5.00 / page

Please note: A legislation secures special legal protection for the maps of the Federal Office of Topography swisstopo. Therefore the Bern University Library will not deliver digital copies of these maps. Please, contact Swisstopo in such cases.

Additional information regarding your order

  • EOD includes digitization of medieval manuscripts and old and rare books published before 1800. For such documents, the price may be negotiated individually depending on the physical condition and value of the document. We will notify you and supply tentative estimated price.
  • We wish to point out that automatic text recognition (OCR) does not fully provide perfect results and inaccuracies can occur especially with older books.
  • By ordering you express your consent with the EOD Terms and Conditions.
  • The digitised books are imported into the digital library E-rara and are thus globally available.

EOD Payment options

Benefit from the various options of online payment:

  • Direct payment by all leading credit cards providers (Visa, Mastercard, Diners Club), Maestro or Paypal.

Shipment

Shipment schedule: We endeavour to digitize and ship the book within 14-30 days. This, however, requires the physical presence of the book in the library. Already digitazed books are shipped in a week. We will inform you immediately about longer shipment schedules.  
Shipment options: As standard, our eBook will be available to you to download via the Internet link immediately after payment receipt. This link is active for 60 days. Thus you can immediately work with your eBook.  

 

You can also choose shipment on a data carrier (CD-ROM or DVD, depending on the size of the file), subject to a surcharge:

  • Europe: CHF 9
  • Worldwide: CHF 12

EOD Return of an eBook

Unfortunately, returning eBooks is not possible, due to the nature of the electronic document.


EOD Reprints
  • In addition to the digital form, the requested book will be reprinted in classic paperback and shipped right to you.
  • Therefore, the scanned images will be additionally processed and printed by a "print on demand" service provider.

Price: The price consists of a reprint price and a reprint delivery price.

  • Reprint price: CHF 9 plus CHF 0,03 / page
  • Reprint delivery price:
    • A: CHF 0
    • Europe: CHF 10
    • Worldwide: CHF 15

Shipment schedule for reprint: 7-14 days after successful