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MacAvon Media produces and publishes technical books, college textbooks and related digital content. Books published by MacAvon Media and other major textbooks by Nigel and Jenny Chapman are available from booksellers worldwide.
MacAvon Media is also the central location for an extensive range of free support services for college lecturers using Chapman and Chapman textbooks.
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New Web Security Topics Series
Our series of short, accessible introductions to security topics for Web application developers, published from November 2011 to May 2012.
Free PDF with every purchase of a paperback book.
Paperbacks at list prices from £6.99 to £8.99 (GBP) from any bookseller, and Kindle e-book editions from £2.90 (GBP) at Amazon online stores:
A Web Developer's Guide to Securing a Server
A short book in the Web Security Topics series, intended for Web developers. This little guide provides a clear, easy–to–understand introduction to securing a Web server host running a Unix-like operating system such as Ubuntu Server. Includes key points at the end of every section, and a full glossary. 98 pages. Free PDF offer. Look inside the book at amazon.co.uk or amazon.com.
Also available as a Kindle edition.
Recommended prices: paperback £6.99 (GBP), $10.99 (USD), €7.99 (EU); Kindle edition £2.90 (GBP), $3.99 (USD), €3.39 (EU).
A Web Developer's Guide to Secure Communication
A short book in the Web Security Topics series, providing a clear guide to the principles of cryptography for Web developers, and to protocols used for securing communication on the World Wide Web, specifically TLS/SSL and HTTPS. Describes the use of public key authentication and public key infrastructure as used by HTTPS. Includes examples in JavaScript/Node.js, key points at the end of every section and a full glossary. 166 pages. Free PDF offer. Look inside the book at amazon.co.uk or amazon.com.
Also available as a Kindle edition.
Recommended prices: paperback £8.99 (GBP), $13.99 (USD), €9.99 (EU); Kindle edition £3.90 (GBP), $5.79 (USD), €4.59 (EU).
Lecturers’ Accounts and PDF Course Bundles
Lecturers’ Accounts provide access to a wide range of free services and material including evaluation copies of our books in PDF format, sets of lecture slides and editable lecture slides “kits”. Lecturers’ Accounts are available to all bona fide college lecturers and instructors.
Lecturers and instructors can create their own custom selection of course material in PDF format for their students to buy as a course bundle at a discounted price.
Request a Lecturer’s Account now.
PDF Material for Educational Institutions and Online Courses
We are pleased to offer a special scheme for institutions who wish to purchase multiple copies of PDF material for onward sale to their students or for provision as part of a course package or an online course. For further information, please read our page for colleges and online courses.
Pocket PDFs for Mobile Phones and Other Mobile Devices
Our range of Pocket PDFs provides cheap, small format PDFs designed for use on smart phones and other mobile and portable devices. Sets of lecture slides for mobiles are available now.
Spread the Cost with PDF Chapters
Add any number of PDF chapters from our major textbooks to your shopping basket or buy them one at a time to spread the cost.
Refund For Individual Chapters When You Buy Complete PDF Book
If you have bought individual PDF chapters (together or at different times) of Web Design: A Complete Introduction or of Digital Multimedia, 3rd Edition, and then buy the complete PDF of the relevant book, we will refund the price you paid for up to three individual chapters.
Any questions? Just contact us and we will always reply personally.
For more detailed information about how this offer works, please read the page on Special Offers and Refunds.