Purchasing E-books for your Library

Wright State University Libraries

Sue Polanka

No Shelf Required®

94%Academi

c72%

Public

Libraries who offer eBooks

82%Public

95%Academi

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33%School

44%School

Topics of ConversationBusiness Models Licensing and AccessPublishers, Aggregators & WholesalersConsortial PurchasingDownloadable OptionsHost your own eBooksEvaluating Vendors & Budgeting

Business Models & Licensing

One Book-One User/CheckoutPerpetual Access

Multi-User or Unlimited Use

SubscriptionsPatron DrivenShort-Term LoanOpen AccessFree

OngoingFees?

Access or build a

collection?

Patron Driven Acquisition (PDA)Guaranteed use of purchased contentLibraries select titlesMARC records in catalogUse of book triggers purchaseVarious trigger/price pointsPublishers and aggregators offer

See also: Patron Driven Acquisitions, DeGruyter, 2011

Short Term LoanBased on PDA1, 2, 3, 7, 14, 30 day loansAccess only - Nothing ownedILL alternativeAccess more content for same costAccountability – You spent how much on what?

Open Access eBooksUnglue.itDirectory of Open

Access Books (DOAB)

Pinter plan

See also: Eric Hellman’s Open Access chapter in LTR and Frances Pinter interview on No Shelf Required

Sampling of Free eBook sitesFor all

DailyLit Free Literature Google Books HathiTrust Internet Archive

In-library lending program

Many Books Project Gutenberg Scribd World Public Library

For Children/YA Big Universe Book Glutton Children’s Books Online Children’s Literature Bookshelf Classic Reader Fiction.us International Children’s Digital

Library (need account) Magic Keys

Free - In Library LendingInternet Archive Hosted on OpenLibrary.orgPool of 200K ebooks1000+ member libraries20th Century titles Donate one book to the program to join

See eBook Buzz column in ONLINE Magazine, March/April issue

Licensing and Access

eBook Access Levels

PublicDomain

Open Access

ShortTermLoan or Rentals

LocallyHosted

Locally HostedDRM

Perpetual AccessFiles sent to library

Perpetual AccessNo Fees

Perpetual AccessOngoing Fees

Subscription

Perpetual AccessFees paid up front

LimitsOn

Circulation

Right of First Sale in USUS Copyright Law provides for Interlibrary LoanLicenses take away these rightsLease not own digital content

Rights and Licenses

Layers of Content ControlDMCA

DRM

License Agreements

Copyright

Physical

Adapted from Mary Minow presentation, http://bit.ly/pVvxMj

Think you own that eBook?

…non-exclusive right to view, use, and display such Digital Content an unlimited number of times Digital Content is licensed, not sold, to you by the Content Provider.

Text from Kindle Terms of Use

When you buy a downloadable book from us, what you are buying is the right to use that book in the way we explain below for your own personal, non-commercial use only

Text from Pottermore Terms of Use

Libraries don’t own them either

Licensed Content

“Access licensed content”

Nothing contained in the agreement shall be construed as granting the end user any ownership

rights in or to the licensed content

Text from eBook aggregator license

Purchasing eBooks

See Library Technology Reports, Nov/Dec issueThe No Shelf Required Guide to E-Book Purchasing

Buying from Publishers+’s

Get content direct

More stable title list 

One platform

Search across content formats

Features enhance content

Target to your audience

More room for negotiations

Buying from Publishers+’s

Get content direct

More stable title list 

One platform

Search across content formats

Features enhance content

Target to your audience

More room for negotiations

-’sMultiple license

agreements, one for each publisher

Lots of E-management

Multiple platforms

Not an option for most trade titles

Publishers won’t sell to librariesPenguinMacmillanSimon & SchusterHachetteBrilliance Audio

Image from librarianinblack.net

Buying from Aggregators+’s

Many publishers, one platform

One license agreement

Integrated into distribution systems and approval plans

Discovery Improves visibility of smaller

publishers & collections

CD services offered

Buying from Aggregators+’s

Many publishers, one platform

One license agreement

Integrated into distribution systems and approval plans

Discovery Improves visibility of smaller

publishers & collections

CD services offered

-’sNot all publisher content

available

Delays in release or embargoes

Pricing/licensing established by publishers, not much room for negotiation

Limits on size of consortia?

Minimum purchase requirements?

eBooks on

EBSCOhost

Knovel

EBL

IngramMyiLibrar

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ebrary

Dawson Era

Credo

FollettMacki

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Freading

Baker&Taylor

Books 24x7

Safari

GVRL

3M

University Press Consortia

See also, eBook Buzz column in ONLINE magazine, Jan/Feb 2012

UPSOOxford

UPOCambridg

e Books at

JSTORUPCC

Buying from Wholesalers+’s

Many publishers or aggregators

Single or multiple titles

Print or E titles

Billing/licensing/shipping

Approval plans

E-preferred status

Single library or consortia

Buying from Wholesalers+’s

Many publishers or aggregatorsSingle or multiple titlesPrint or E titlesBilling/licensing/shippingApproval plansE-preferred statusSingle library or consortia

-’s

Not all publisher content available

Delays in release or embargoes

Pricing/licensing established by publishers, not much room for negotiation

Consortial Purchasing

Consortial Purchasing+’s

More content, less moneyConsistency across

librariesShare content ILLOne licenseCentralized tech/billing

Consortial Purchasing+’s

More content, less moneyConsistency across

librariesShare content ILLOne licenseCentralized tech/billing

-’sPublishers don’t necessarily

want shared collectionsLong processLess control of

content/platform selectionNegotiating the multiplierHigher holds ratiosCafeteria plans

Downloadable eBooksCover to Cover Reading Options

OverDrive700,000 titles; 1000 publishers + PottermoreEbooks/audiobooks/videosLease with maintenance/hosting feesFormat choices + KindlePatron-driven acquisition optionsSample chaptersSome DRM free, simultaneous user content

Baker & Taylor + Axis 360 + blio105,000 ebook titlesAxis 360 Digital LibraryLowest cost of entryReal time availability of titlesCloud based deliveryblio ereader softwareEPUB/PDF downloads soon

3M Cloud Library100,000 ebook titles; 40 publishersPurchase with rights to move contentYear by year commitmentManage content in the cloudeReaders for checkoutDiscovery station

Photo courtesy of Eric Hellman

Photos from 3M

Freading20,000 ebook titlesPay per useNothing OwnedNo access feesBuy same content multiple times$.50 - $2.00 a loanMeet high demands at lower cost

Host your own eBooks

Locally host eBook content

Locally Own/Manage Content+’s

Purchase content files direct from publisher or author

Control InterfaceWe are the aggregatorSelf-preservationNo DRM - kinda

Locally Own/Manage Content+’s

Purchase content files direct from publisher or author

Control InterfaceWe are the aggregatorSelf-preservationNo DRM – kinda

-’s IT/Programming staffTechnology/serversWe are the vendorUpkeep costsNot all publishers will

play

Evaluating VendorsFind your content firstBusiness Models availableLevel of access desiredUser Interface featuresDRM/restrictionsStatistics/Use DataSupportEvaluation Matrix - bit.ly/f0z7UP or bit.ly/mY8Azy

Sample Evaluation Matrix

Chart courtesy of University of California Irvine Libraries

BudgetingWhat is the best practice?Reallocate existing fundsList Cost vs. Discount vs. List+Weigh costs of purchase vs. subscribeLook for sustainable modelsShort-term Loan vs. ILLAccess Fees and ongoing costs?Start with pilot projects

Budget Projections Public LibrariesCurrent 3-4%, projecting 8.8% by 2016

Academic LibrariesCurrent 8.7%, projecting 19.1% by 2016

School librariesCurrent 2-3%, projecting 8% by 2016

Source: Library Journal Survey of eBook Penetration and Use, 2011

Current/Projected Spending

Source: Library Journal Survey of eBook Penetration and Use, 2010

Keeping Up?No Shelf Required – www.noshelfrequired.comTeleread – www.teleread.orgINFOdocket– www.infodocket.comeBooknewser - www.mediabistro.com/ebooknewser/The Digital Reader - www.the-digital-reader.com/Go-to-hellman - go-to-hellman.blogspot.comALA TechSource blog - www.alatechsource.org/blogLJ/SLJ ebook Summit – www.thedigitalshift.com

Questions?

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