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7. Springer eBooks Collection | www.springer.com/ebooks7 Wouter van der Velde | eProduct Manager eBooks Usage by Copyright Years Average eBooks Chapter Downloads 2008 by Title and Copyright Year Unlike for journals content, the age of book content seems not to play a very important role. Books from 2008 were downloaded less often in 2008 since they were uploaded on SpringerLink in the course of the year and were not available for the full twelve months. (N = 12,953)

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10. Springer eBooks Collection | www.springer.com/ebooks10 Wouter van der Velde | eProduct Manager eBooks Drivers of usage (The “MARC Effect”) Continued…

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18. Springer eBooks Collection | www.springer.com/ebooks18 Wouter van der Velde | eProduct Manager eBooks What is Springer’s “MyCopy”? SpringerLink users with access to Springer’s eBooks can order  print book from that collection  directly from SpringerLink  at a very competitive, market driven end-user price  Tested at selected libraries in USA and Canada

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21. Springer eBooks Collection | www.springer.com/ebooks21 Wouter van der Velde | eProduct Manager eBooks How do libraries benefit from MyCopy? Unique offering in the scientific publishing industry Libraries can offer their patrons Springer eBooks in print for only $24.95 a copy including shipping and handling Custom-tailored service  library patrons can choose between the electronic and the print format MyCopy will be a standard feature of the Springer eBook packages No extra charge for libraries

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