[Air-L] book announcement

[Alex Halavais]

There are some interesting models in this area. One that has gotten a
bit of buzz lately is "patron driven acquisition." Ebrary is doing
this for example:
http://www.ebrary.com/corp/librariesPatron.jsp;jsessionid=DAIILCDPMHDA
. (I believe our library is trialing that now.)

Some publishers also allow private ebook rental:
http://umichpress.typepad.com/university_of_michigan_pr/2010/08/um-press-launches-ebook-rental-program.html

I personally am leaning toward--as a acquisitions editor who shall
remain nameless called it--the "Radiohead model" for my next book:
$0.99 seems like a perfectly reasonable amount to charge. Now it's
just a matter of finding time to write the darned thing.

Best,

Alex


On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Steve Jones <sjones at uic.edu> wrote:
> Some - not all - publishers do provide, among other things, copyediting, layout and design, marketing, publicity, and in some cases (particularly journals, but sometimes also handbooks and reference books) funds that allow us to support students.
>
> It would be interesting to know whether academic libraries are keen on purchasing e-books. Does anyone have any insight or data? They're certainly comfortable purchasing licenses to electronic versions of journals, but how about books?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
>
> On Mar 9, 2011, at 8:17 AM, Michael Gurstein wrote:
>

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