Re: Wellcome Trust report

[Thomas Krichel <krichel@openlib.org>]

Frederick Friend writes

> I suspect that if libraries were to be given the option of dropping
> print in return for a 25% reduction in price, many would go for that
> option.  That size of reduction in price would more than cover the
> VAT, which anyway is only a UK problem.

Let alone the cost of storage. It has been estimated that for each euro,
say, that libraries spend on purchasing print, they spent two euros on
storage and associated costs.

Cheers,

Thomas Krichel                      mailto:krichel@openlib.org
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