Re: Business models for U. presses

["Michael Zeoli" <mzeoli@ybp.com>]

I'm sorry, Sandy. I didn't mean to set up an opposition.  I meant 
to say that one of the reasons PDA cannot replace approval plans 
for the moment is the great lack of availability of eContent - 
and of the available eContent, much is not available as PDA. 
You are correct though about print PDA - a number of libraries 
have been running these along side their approval plans for 
several years.  One interesting use of PDA is as a method of 
determining where approval plans should be reinforced.

- Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: Sandy Thatcher [mailto:sandy.thatcher@alumni.princeton.edu]
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 09:48 PM
To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu <liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu>
Subject: Re: Business models for U. presses

Not sure why you set up an opposition between PDA and print here.
Surely, PDA can apply to print just as well as e-books, no?

Sandy Thatcher


At 4:45 PM -0500 3/11/11, Michael Zeoli 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