Single eBook licensing prices and terms


Single eBook prices

There are no price tiers with different terms for each tiers for titles just one consistent price for each title. The price of each title is available in four currencies:

  •  Euros, EUR (€) 
  •  Pound Sterling, GBP (£)  
  •  Japanese Yen, JYP (¥)
  •  US Dollars, USB ($)


The price paid provides continuous access; to the eBook(s) ordered, and is paid only once.


There are no platform, hosting, maintenance, or annual access fees associated with single eBook purchases.


Springer Nature is committed to maintaining access to purchased content in accordance with applicable licensing and distribution rights.


Single eBook terms and conditions

You can read our full terms and conditions as a PDF.


Licence Exceptions

Customer who wish to discuss exceptions from the general terms and conditions of a standard license should contact their licensing manager. If you have an agreement with us for exceptions, choose the ‘agree later’ option when you check out.


Access and Usage

Springer Nature eBooks are available free of digital rights management (DRM) in a PDF format with many also also available in ePub format on Springer Nature Link. Titles are normally hosted on our Springer Nature Link platform, but there may be rare cases where a title is delivered through another Springer Nature platform.


Because our titles are DRM free this means there is no limit to the amount of concurrent users they can be shared with at one time which means that unlimited numbers of users can access the book at the same time. authenticated users can also download licensed eBooks to their own devices to read save and annotate for their own personal academic use. 


Interlibrary Loan

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is permitted under the licence, subject to the terms and conditions. Institutions may share eBooks or individual chapters through ILL with very few limitations.


Long-Term Preservation

To support long-term access and preservation, Springer Nature works with two digital preservation services to ensure that our customers have continuous access to their eBooks, even in the unlikely event that Springer Nature is no longer able to provide access directly. 


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