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Reading Modern CMake for C++ and absolutely loving the book. It's really well-written in a way that is both succinct, but explicit, so you're never left guessing as to the author's lesson. I'm not sure if it's a feature of the Online Reader or something that authors explicitly have to do, but loving the stylized text to help emphasize important concepts, and love that I can take notes online. Can also access the book on my iDevices so I can read it anywhere.

I bought a few technical books from them since one or two years ago. I signed to have access to lots of books and no problems till now. The user interface could be better but it works. Many good books, good authors.

I cancelled my subscription and it's still showing that it's due for renewal in my account, I contacted support from their help page and haven't heard back yet.... Update: They responded and promptly resolved the issue.

Packt has had a lot of technical issues. Changes made to their web site were not well done. That has resulted in some very erratic behaviors. However, those behaviors are inconvenient, annoying, even; not fatal. I've had nothing but good responses from the support team. They reply in a reasonable time, and they follow up. Issues raised about the quality of the books have some merit. It's very uneven. Some books are top shelf, others seem to have been published without being proofread. I have found only a couple of technical errors, but many grammatical and textual mistakes. These detract from what otherwise would be excellent technical books. The annual subscription includes a credit each month for a ebook or video. There are other ways to get credits, as well. At minimum, at the end of the year you will have acquired 12 ebooks or videos at no cost. And as a subscriber, you get to "try before you buy." All in all, I have found the service good, the people pleasant, and the products worth my expense. (Now, if they would just get that web site fixed. ;-)

I have cancelled my subscription through Packt website 2 months ago, but my account is still getting charged. I visited the website again to cancel my subscription but there is no option to update the subscription or billing details. Thank you for replying Packt. I got confused between two of my accounts. I cancelled one earlier and this one later, which got charged. My bad. Hope it won't charge further. The contents of the website are really helpful. Thank you :)