Re: Business models for U. presses

[Joseph Esposito <espositoj@gmail.com>]

It seems probable to me that all these programs will exist
concurrently for some time.  Things are rarely binary.

Joe Esposito

On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Michael Zeoli <mzeoli@ybp.com> wrote:

> Hmmm... 'Festinare lente' perhaps, but despite the many PDA
> plans being set up, we have not yet had an approval plan shut
> down (and there are thousands). For one thing the content for
> PDA simply isn't there compared with print. Then there are
> all the issues batted about between 'instant gratification' and
> various libraries' missions... We'll look forward to your
> debate with Rick (a former Contoockonian, by the way!). Mike
>
> ------Original Message------
> From: Sandy Thatcher
> To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
> ReplyTo: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
> Subject: RE: Business models for U. presses
> Sent: Mar 10, 2011 8:16 PM
>
> Among comments I made on the report to the AAUP listserv was
> this:
>
> 6) The report makes no mention of what I think will develop into
> a major challenge for presses in the next few years, viz., PDA
> (patron-driven acquisitions), which is fast displacing the
> traditional approval plans in academic libraries and can have
> significant effects on cash flow and possibly overall sales of
> hardbacks for presses. Against the Grain will include a debate
> between PDA advocate Rick Anderson and me in an upcoming
> issue.
>
> Sandy Thatcher
>
>
>>In Contoocook, New Hampshire
>>(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contoocook,_New_Hampshire), a
>>small cadre of very passionate book people have been committed
>>to providing service to academic libraries since 1971 (the same
>>year in which Project Gutenberg was founded). The spirit of
>>innovation has been pervasive and their work with libraries has
>>always been collaborative.  Many of the Contoockonians have read
>>the AAUP report (http://bit.ly/e89vfe) and have indeed been
>>following the UPeC initiative with great interest.  They are
>>greatly cheered to see the UPs rallying.  And yet they are
>>confused that in the 'Publishing e-books for Sale' discussion on
>>page 19, for example, no mention of ebook integration into print
>>approval plans or Patron-driven integration into print workflows
>>are mentioned, despite their on-going efforts over the past 5-6
>>years to support library needs for eContent. In fact,
>>consideration of library
>
> [SNIP]