Making eBooks Work for Libraries Michael Levine-Clark Collections Librarian University of Denver
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.