VitalSource Bookshelf - Can't print PDFs correctly

CFA General
#1

I do use VitalSource Bookshelf in order to have access to the official 2015 Curriculum (level 1 CFA). However, when I try to print the different StudySessions (1-18), I do often get an error on the last page of the pdf (it doesnt show all pages).

So all I got is a pdf of around 80% of the digital document. Surprisingly, some of the Study Sessions are printed correctly (for example: 2 / 3 / 4) - But most of them are showed incorrectly (pages are missing)

Does anyone have the same problem?

#2

I have similar issues. I only have a handful of success cases. The rest of them either have pages missing or are not PDFed at all (resulted in a .log file that says error printing PDF not produced).

Hoping someone somehow figured out the solution :frowning:

#3

I tried it today again - and it simply doesn’t work… Does anyone have contact to VitalSource? They need to update the CFA books immediately!

#4

Vitalsource is messed up. It decides randomly not to print few pages. I decided its better not to print from Vitalsource. It really doesn’t show page number. So if anything is missing we will never know.

#5

Thats completely true, Vitalsource is a huge mess!

Is there ANY way how I can print my digital books? Can I use another software?

Or perhaps get the pdf’s of the CFA 2015 Curriculum?

Thank you very much.

#6

Oh you have to order from CFA site…costs $150

Regards

#7

I contacted Vitalsource for the PDF error and this is what they say:

Candace Jones (Bookshelf Support)

Nov 01 04:36

Hi,

Thank you for contacting Vitalsource Support. The format that we use is a DRM protected format which is required by our publishers. To protect the copyright we are not allowed to give out eTexts in PDF form. You can install the bookshelf application to 2 computers and 2 mobiles to access bookshelf offline. You can go to Vitalsource.com/download to install the bookshelf application.

If you have any further questions or issues, please let us know.

Candace Jones VitalSource Technologies

#8

Wow, they don’t even care about our problems. What i’ve tried today: It doesn’t even work to just print the Readings right away!

I saved myself these 150 USD because I wanted to print those readings by myself… and now I need to pay 150 USD because Vitalsource is too stupid to give us all correct Readings.

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