making ebooks work for libraries michael levine-clark collections librarian university of denver...
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Making eBooks Work for Libraries
Michael Levine-ClarkCollections LibrarianUniversity of [email protected]
eBook Acquisition So Far
A hodge-podge eBook vendors Publishers Subscription and purchase
Assumptions
We want eBooks We want a mix of formats We want fair pricing
Barriers
Publisher reluctance Preponderance of backlist titles Delay in release of frontlist in eBook
format Lists split between vendors Limitations (printing)
Communication Pricing
Solutions
Treat ebooks like print Full frontlist to all eBook vendors at time
of publication Notification process No limits built into interface
Treat eBooks like ejournals Bundle print and electronic
Subscription or purchase
Approval Vendors
Coutts/MyiLibrary Blackwell - echo YBP
Levine-Clark, Michael, “Electronic Books and the Approval Plan: Can They Work Together?” Against the Grain 19, no. 2 (2007): 20, 22.
We’re not there yet.