Practicals of Pixels: Purchasing and Processing Ebooks
Agenda
NOT on the Agenda
Print Lifecycle
Ebook Lifecycle
Ebook Lifecycle
Good News: Eliminate print considerations
Bad News: Add e-book considerations
Purchase Impacts Delivery and Delivery Impacts Purchase
Platforms by Business Model*
Platform, publisher
Content
Pricing, funding, user level, bundling
Vendor
Licensing
Discovery, findability
Device, usability
Collection Development Impact
Management Issues
Still More Management Issues
Is it a wash?
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