Bundling E & P? (was Sage titles)

["Sally Morris" <sally@morris-assocs.demon.co.uk>]

I am confused.  From all I hear, librarians dislike having print and
electronic versions of a journal 'bundled' (ie sold as an indissoluble
package) and want the option of buying electronic only.  Yet when
publishers make the transition to selling the 2 versions separately, there
is an outcry.  (It seems a reasonable strategy to include electronic for
every print subscriber at the beginning, just so that the publisher can
begin to learn how customers react.)

What do you really want?


Sally Morris, Secretary-General
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
South House, The Street, Clapham, Worthing, West Sussex BN13 3UU, UK

Phone:  01903 871686 Fax:  01903 871457 E-mail:  sec-gen@alpsp.org.uk
ALPSP Website  http://www.alpsp.org.uk

>-----Original Message-----
>From: LIBRARY RELATED LIST <liblist@odi.org.uk>
>To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu <liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu>
>Date: 24 February 2000 13:09
>Subject: Re: Sage titles
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>Dear All,
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>It is not only the Sage titles.  Kluwer is also this year demanding
>payment for on-line access. It looks that very soon we will not be
>receiving the publishers' "bundle" any more.
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>Kate
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>Sally Morris, Secretary-General
>Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
>South House, The Street, Clapham, Worthing, West Sussex BN13 3UU, UK
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>Phone:  01903 871686 Fax:  01903 871457 E-mail:  sec-gen@alpsp.org.uk
>ALPSP Website  http://www.alpsp.org.uk
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