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What’s the word on eBooks and Libraries?
Katie Fitzpatrick - Head of Technical Services Upper Moreland Free Public Library
Seriously, eBooks @ the Library?
http://www.lipsticklibrarian.com/?paged=2
What’s the word on Public Libraries
• Promote reading
• Provide access to information
• Be an anchor in the community
UMFPL Mission:
…to provide access to diverse information, life-
long learning, and cultural enrichment for the
community, with constant improvement and
fiscal responsibility.
Fulfill mission by:
Yes! eBooks @ the Library!
Getting on the same page-
We are here
Pros & Cons of eBooks
+ + pros
•Lightweight
•Storage Capacity
•Notes •Search
•Enhancements
- - cons •Competing formats •Competing devices •Ownership/Access •Dictionary search •Enhancements
•Not a book
How eBooks are read
eReaders: • Kindle
• Nook
• iPad/iPhone
• Sony Reader
• Kobo
eBook formats:
• AZW/MOBI
• ePub
• BBeB
• PDB
How are eBooks produced?
• Scanned pages • Typed original content • Retyped existing content • Services:
– KDP -Smashwords – BabyBook -B&N PubIt – Scridb - iUniverse –AuthorHouse -iBooks – Lulu - BookTango
Where do we get an eBook?
• Borrow via Library
• Amazon & Kindle Owner’s Lending Library
• Project Gutenberg
• manybooks.net
• World eBooks Fair
• Planet Book
• Smashwords, Lulu, Apple, BabyBook
• Many many more places…
Do I own the eBook I just purchased?
•No
Now that I have it, what can do with it?
• You can (and should) read it
• Can you save it?
• Can you loan it?
• Can you transfer it to a new device?
What does it depend on?
The word on DRM
Digital Rights Management (DRM) • Technologies used to restrict access to/use specific
content.
http://www.masternewmedia.org
A program used to enforce a relationship between:
1. The rules 2. The content 3. The user/consumer
How does DRM work?
A digital rights management system operates to:
1. protect copyright for a piece of content,
2. manage the distribution of that copyrighted content
3. control what a consumer can do with that content once it has been distributed.
Copyright and DRM
• Because DRM is a computer program, it cannot make subjective decisions
• Fair use of copyrighted materials not taken into consideration.
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus
The changing book industry
• 1,052,803 in 2009
• Tripled since 2005
•287% increase of self -published books since 2006
The changing book industry
Just print books
11,022 in 1950
328,259 in 2010
2,878% increase
eBooks in the Library
• American Library Association:
“Libraries, like other consumers, should be free to buy any published e-content at competitive prices, to keep these items in their collection, and to loan them to their patrons. Anything less violates basic democratic principles of a free market, freedom of speech, and equitable access. If financial barriers are removed in libraries, all citizens would have equal access to this material.”
The eBook Fight
Libraries
Publishers
www.jokeroo.com/pictures/funny/eat-money.html
www.ongreen.com
VS
How it plays out – Issue 1
Publishers-
• Big6 all have different rules
Libraries- Big6 all have different rules
How it plays out in the Library – Issue 1
How it plays out – Issue 2
Publishers- • Buy it once and give it away 100X • + less work so it’s cheaper
Libraries- • Overestimating circulation • It’s not actually cheaper
How it plays out – Issue 3
Publishers-
• You cannibalize sales
Libraries-
• Weeeeelll, maybe a little – BUT….
But actually….
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What now?
Pay per use
http://www.armlsblog.com/the-pay-per-use-mls/
The Future
• Come to common ground
• Redefine the relationship
