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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162961703321

Autore

Whitney Paul (Library consultant)

Titolo

Trade ebooks in libraries : the changing landscape / / Paul Whitney and Christina de Castell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Saur, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

3-11-039620-3

3-11-030980-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 207 pages) : illustrations

Collana

IFLA publications ; ; volume 172

Classificazione

AN 49100

Disciplina

025.2/84

Soggetti

Libraries - Special collections - Electronic books

Electronic books

Libraries and electronic publishing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Defining our terms -- The evolution of trade ebooks -- Legal considerations -- Library ebook principles -- Advocacy campaigns -- Regional summaries -- What comes next in publishing, distribution and libraries?

Sommario/riassunto

With the advent of downloadable retail eBooks marketed to individual consumers, for the first time in their history libraries encountered an otherwise commercially available text format they were prevented from adding to their collections. Trade eBooks in Libraries examines the legal frameworks which gave rise to this phenomenon and advocacy efforts undertaken in different jurisdictions to remove barriers to library access. The principal authors provide a general historical overview and an analysis of library/eBook principles developed by a variety of library associations and government reviews. In addition, experts from twelve countries present summaries of eBook developments in their respective countries and regions.