E-book platforms and aggregators: an evaluation of available options for publishers
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| adam_text | Contents
Executive
Summary I
Views
of librarians and academics
1
Views of publishers
1
Aggregators
2
Case-studies
3
Introduction
5
1
Background and objectives of the study
6
Methodology
6
2
Views of librarians
7
Formal teaching and learning strategy and/or learning resources policy
8
Number of campuses
8
Distance-learning programmes
9
National or overseas affiliates
9
Numbers of e-books held and amount spent on them (where known)
9
Statistical or anecdotal information about usage of e-books
10
Raising user awareness
10
Evidence that academics and students are making individual purchases of
e-books
11
The main advantages of having a book available in e-book format
11
What are the greatest drawbacks of using e-books?
11
Do e-books lend themselves better to certain subjects and disciplines
than to otihers?
12
Knowledge of specific e-book platforms
12
Favourite platforms
13
Platforms that respondents would not consider recommending or
purchasing
13
Payment and Collections
13
Preferred method of payment
13
Purchasing e-books on a book-by-book basis versus purchasing them as
part of a collection
14
Licensing models
14
Functionality
14
Future e-book developments
14
Other comments
15
3
Views of academics
16
Formal teaching and learning strategy and/or learning resources policy
17
Number of campuses 1
7
Distance-learning programmes
17
National or overseas affiliates
17
Numbers of e-books held and amount spent on them (where known)
17
Statistical or anecdotal information about usage of e-books
18
Raising user awareness
18
Evidence that academics and students are making individual purchases
of e-books
18
The main advantages of having a book available in e-book format
18
What are the greatest drawbacks of using e-books?
19
Do e-books lend themselves better to certain subjects and disciplines
than to others?
19
Knowledge of specific e-book platforms
19
Favourite platforms
19
Platforms that respondents would not consider recommending
or purchasing
19
CONTENTS
Payment and Collections
20
Preferred method of payment
20
Purchasing e-book* on a hook-by-hook basis versus purchasing them
as part of a collcctwii
20
Functionality
20
Future e-book developments
20
4
Views of publishers
21
General
21
¡ he respondents
21
Number of books published annually and markets served
22
F!-books
22
Current e-book publishing programmes
22
Currency
22
Plans for
backlist
22
Sales channel
22
Specific aggregators and e-book platforms: Preferences and opinions
23
Functionality
24
Technical issues
24
(renerai
views, especially concerning third-party hosting
24
Different formats and readers
25
Retail and/or institutional channels
25
Encryption
25
Hxpectations of platform providers
26
Full back-end facility
26
Supply of a digitisation services
26
Cataloguing service
26
Tagging and metadata facilities?
27
Relationship with the aggregator
27
Printing out
27
Pricing
27
Outright purchase or subscription model?
27
Aggregator management fee (where charged)
27
Bundles versus book-by-book sales
28
Marketing support
28
Preferred remuneration arrangements
28
Sales information
29
5
Evaluation of the platforms
29
The models
29
The retail model
29
The institutional business model
30
6
Specific platforms
31
1
General aggregators
32
NetLibrary
32
ebrary
36
Ebooks Corporation; ebooks.comlEBL
41
2
Specialist aggregators
46
Books24x7
47
Knovel
51
Safari
59
3
Online journal hosts/aggregators
61
EBSCOIMetaPress
61
Gale
65
Ingerita
68
ProQuest
72
4
Digital warehouses
75
OverDrive/Content Reserve
75
CONTENTS
Lightning Source, Inc.
78
5
Library suppliers
81
Coutts MyiLibrary
82
Functionality
86
6
Building a platform from scratch
88
Atypon
88
Digital Publishing Solutions Limited
89
7
What large academic publishers are doing with e-books:
Some examples
90
Taylor
&
Francis
91
Cambridge University Press
92
Wiley InterScience
93
Appendix l:The semi-structured interview questions used to
provide the core information contained in this report
95
ALPSP e-book platforms and aggregators research project:
Questions for academics and librarians
95
General
95
E-books: General
95
E-books: Specific platforms
96
Functionality
96
Payment and collections
97
ALPSP e-book platforms and aggregators research project:
Preliminary questions for a small sample of
98
ALPSP members
98
General
98
E-books: General
99
Specific aggregators and e-book platforms
99
Functionality
100
Technical issues
100
Relationship with the aggregator
101
ALPSP e-book platforms and aggregators research project:
Questions for aggregators
101
General
102
Technical
102
Content
102
Types of service and customer
103
Functionality
103
Cataloguing, tagging and access
103
Relationship with the publisher: Pricing and payments
104
Appendix
2:
Website addresses and contact details for all the
aggregators featured
106
l.NetLibrary
106
2.
ebrary
106
3.
ebooks.com/EBL
106
4.
books24x7
106
5.
Knovel
107
6.
Safari
107
7.
EBSCO
MetaPress 107
8.
Gale
107
9.
Ingenta
108
10.
ProQuest
108
11.
OverDrive
108
12.
Lightning Source
109
13.
Coutts MyiLibrary 1
09
14.
Atypon
109
15.
Digital Publishing Solutions Limited (DPSL)
109
List of Tables
Table
1
Librarians: Desired or desirable functionality attributes
15
Table
2:
Academics: Desired or desirable functionality attributes
21
Table
3:
Aggregator functionality available at present
87
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Contents
Executive
Summary I
Views
of librarians and academics
1
Views of publishers
1
Aggregators
2
Case-studies
3
Introduction
5
1
Background and objectives of the study
6
Methodology
6
2
Views of librarians
7
Formal teaching and learning strategy and/or learning resources policy
8
Number of campuses
8
Distance-learning programmes
9
National or overseas affiliates
9
Numbers of e-books held and amount spent on them (where known)
9
Statistical or anecdotal information about usage of e-books
10
Raising user awareness
10
Evidence that academics and students are making individual purchases of
e-books
11
The main advantages of having a book available in e-book format
11
What are the greatest drawbacks of using e-books?
11
Do e-books lend themselves better to certain subjects and disciplines
than to otihers?
12
Knowledge of specific e-book platforms
12
Favourite platforms
13
Platforms that respondents would not consider recommending or
purchasing
13
Payment and Collections
13
Preferred method of payment
13
Purchasing e-books on a book-by-book basis versus purchasing them as
part of a collection
14
Licensing models
14
Functionality
14
Future e-book developments
14
Other comments
15
3
Views of academics
16
Formal teaching and learning strategy and/or learning resources policy
17
Number of campuses 1
7
Distance-learning programmes
17
National or overseas affiliates
17
Numbers of e-books held and amount spent on them (where known)
17
Statistical or anecdotal information about usage of e-books
18
Raising user awareness
18
Evidence that academics and students are making individual purchases
of e-books
18
The main advantages of having a book available in e-book format
18
What are the greatest drawbacks of using e-books?
19
Do e-books lend themselves better to certain subjects and disciplines
than to others?
19
Knowledge of specific e-book platforms
19
Favourite platforms
19
Platforms that respondents would not consider recommending
or purchasing
19
CONTENTS
Payment and Collections
20
Preferred method of payment
20
Purchasing e-book* on a hook-by-hook basis versus purchasing them
as part of a collcctwii
20
Functionality
20
Future e-book developments
20
4
Views of publishers
21
General
21
'¡'he respondents
21
Number of books published annually and markets served
22
F!-books
22
Current e-book publishing programmes
22
Currency
22
Plans for
backlist
22
Sales channel
22
Specific aggregators and e-book platforms: Preferences and opinions
23
Functionality
24
Technical issues
24
(renerai
views, especially concerning third-party hosting
24
Different formats and readers
25
Retail and/or institutional channels
25
Encryption
25
Hxpectations of platform providers
26
Full 'back-end'facility
26
Supply of a digitisation services
26
Cataloguing service
26
Tagging and metadata facilities?
27
Relationship with the aggregator
27
Printing out
27
Pricing
27
Outright purchase or subscription model?
27
Aggregator management fee (where charged)
27
'Bundles' versus book-by-book sales
28
Marketing support
28
Preferred remuneration arrangements
28
Sales information
29
5
Evaluation of the platforms
29
The models
29
The retail model
29
The institutional business model
30
6
Specific platforms
31
1
'General' aggregators
32
NetLibrary
32
ebrary
36
Ebooks Corporation; ebooks.comlEBL
41
2
'Specialist' aggregators
46
Books24x7
47
Knovel
51
Safari
59
3
Online journal hosts/aggregators
61
EBSCOIMetaPress
61
Gale
65
Ingerita
68
ProQuest
72
4
Digital warehouses
75
OverDrive/Content Reserve
75
CONTENTS
Lightning Source, Inc.
78
5
Library suppliers
81
Coutts MyiLibrary
82
Functionality
86
6
Building a platform from scratch
88
Atypon
88
Digital Publishing Solutions Limited
89
7
What large academic publishers are doing with e-books:
Some examples
90
Taylor
&
Francis
91
Cambridge University Press
92
Wiley InterScience
93
Appendix l:The semi-structured interview questions used to
provide the core information contained in this report
95
ALPSP e-book platforms and aggregators research project:
Questions for academics and librarians
95
General
95
E-books: General
95
E-books: Specific platforms
96
Functionality
96
Payment and collections
97
ALPSP e-book platforms and aggregators research project:
Preliminary questions for a small sample of
98
ALPSP members
98
General
98
E-books: General
99
Specific aggregators and e-book platforms
99
Functionality
100
Technical issues
100
Relationship with the aggregator
101
ALPSP e-book platforms and aggregators research project:
Questions for aggregators
101
General
102
Technical
102
Content
102
Types of service and customer
103
Functionality
103
Cataloguing, tagging and access
103
Relationship with the publisher: Pricing and payments
104
Appendix
2:
Website addresses and contact details for all the
aggregators featured
106
l.NetLibrary
106
2.
ebrary
106
3.
ebooks.com/EBL
106
4.
books24x7
106
5.
Knovel
107
6.
Safari
107
7.
EBSCO
MetaPress 107
8.
Gale
107
9.
Ingenta
108
10.
ProQuest
108
11.
OverDrive
108
12.
Lightning Source
109
13.
Coutts MyiLibrary 1
09
14.
Atypon
109
15.
Digital Publishing Solutions Limited (DPSL)
109
List of Tables
Table
1
Librarians: Desired or desirable functionality attributes
15
Table
2:
Academics: Desired or desirable functionality attributes
21
Table
3:
Aggregator functionality available at present
87 |
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