1. Making eBooks Work for Libraries Michael Levine-Clark Collections Librarian University of Denver miclark@du.edu

2. eBook Acquisition So Far  A hodge-podge eBook vendors Publishers Subscription and purchase

3. Assumptions  We want eBooks  We want a mix of formats  We want fair pricing

4. Barriers  Publisher reluctance Preponderance of backlist titles Delay in release of frontlist in eBook format Lists split between vendors Limitations (printing)  Communication  Pricing

5. 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

6. 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.

7. We’re not there yet.