flemish e-book platform
DESCRIPTION
Flemish E-book Platform. Maarten Vandekerckhove – Naple Assembly Copenhagen. Small “country” Small language area. Restrictions / Circumstances. Small e-book market: 11.000 titles in Dutch No e-books in local book shops No e-books in public libraries No legal ground to lend e-books - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Flemish E-book Platform
10 May 2012
Maarten Vandekerckhove – Naple Assembly Copenhagen
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Small “country”Small language area
Restrictions / Circumstances
• Small e-book market: 11.000 titles in Dutch• No e-books in local book shops• No e-books in public libraries• No legal ground to lend e-books
BUT
Increasing demand from libraries and the public
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Publishers
Libraries
Book sales
Other RetailValue chain for the physical book
ReadersAuthors
Search, Discover, Consult, Buy, Loan
Publishers
Libraries
Book sales
Other retailValue chain for the digital book
Authors Aggregators Readers
Search, Discover, Consult, Buy, Loan, Rent
How?
• Cooperation between public and private sector
• Providing e-content to the E-book platform by publishers • Facilitating the usage of e-content by book shops (for sales)
and public libraries (for loans)
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Flemish government+
Public libraries
Book shops+
Publishers
New value chain
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Publishers
Libraries
Book sales
Other retailValue chain digital book
Authors
Aggregators
Readers
Search, Discover, Consult, Buy, Loan, Rent
E-book platform
Why?
• Reducing impact of international aggregators
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Why?
• Reducing impact of international aggregators
• The need of a quality guarantee- Assuring a relevant Flemish collection- Guarantee for non-commercial services- Availability for innovation & creativity
• Win/win for public and private sector- Sharing costs- Reliability and quality
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Surplus value public library
• PL makes e-books accessible for everybody- Extension public library policy (easily accessible, diverse
collections, locally embedded)- Creating added value for library users
• PL creates digital services- Information litteracy- Stimulating reading skills and pleasure
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State of affairs
• Unlimited availibility for consultation between library walls• Fragments integrated in digital library system
(teasers) • Developing a lending formula in cooperation with publishers
(win/win for both parties)
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