[RWG] WEB: National Academies Press Books with PDF Versions Free

[Olivia Kwong]

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As of June 2, 2011, all PDF versions of books published by the National 
Academies Press (NAP) will be downloadable free of charge to anyone. This 
includes our current catalog of more than 4,000 books plus future reports 
published by NAP.*

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65 percent of them were available for free to any user.

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*There are a small number of reports that never had PDF files and, 
therefore, are not available for download. In addition, part of the 
"Nutrient Requirements of Domestic Animals" series is not available in 
PDF. Future titles in this series will also not have PDFs associated with 
them.