Developing a New ebooks Program Charleston Library Conference 2017 Christian Box 7th November 2017 Developing a New ebooks Program

Timeline 2005 2012 2013 2017 Original IOP Book program sold to Taylor and Francis Idea developed for new ebook programme ebook program launched - first books published 190 Books Published 701 Customers 1.2m Downloads Miami Athens Bangkok

Members rotate off every 3 years IOP Library Advisory Boards 4 Boards – Americas Europe, Middle East and Africa Asia Pacific India Meet Annually 2 day event ~12 members per board Members rotate off every 3 years 89 librarians from 91 Institutions, from 30 countries

Digital Books Optimized for Desktop, Mobile, Tablet Discoverability Embedded Sound & Video Discoverability Multimedia & Interactivity Convenience Interactive Q&A Interactive figure Simultaneous Users Usage Statistics Ebooks don’t spoil Digital Utilities

Should we Charge Platform Fees? Lessons Learnt 1 - Start the Conversation at an early stage Should we Charge Platform Fees? Collections vs Pick and Choose Should we launch an ebooks programme? How should we deliver MARC records? 2 - Big Questions and Detail Questions 3 - Librarian as Publisher, Publisher as Librarian 4 - It’s not what people say but the way they say it Basic The Customer Needs it Good books that are useful Expected The Customer Wants it No DRM, No Platform Fees Excited The Customer is Delighted by it ePUB3, Mathjax incorporation Dissuader The Customer Rejects it DRM

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