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pringer is the largest STM e-book publisher in number of titles. These titles are published within a wide


range of scientific disciplines. Springer e-books are distributed through three channels. Librarians can buy Springer


eBooks from Springer as a one- off purchase per copyright year, for one or more of our 12 subject collections. All the books that Springer publishes are included in the subject collections, including major reference works and textbooks. Once a library has purchased one or more subject collections there are no restrictions on the use. There are no limitations on the number of concurrent users, no maximum number of downloads, and the content is not wrapped in DRM. This means that (within copyright laws), the user can save the content, share it, and can copy and paste from it. This access option is most popular amongst researchers and librarians, because they have access to a critical mass of content, with the fewest restrictions regarding access and use of the full-text content, as well as finding the


exact content they were looking for. Libraries get a good return on investment, as they see a long tail of usage. Springer also partners


with various aggregators, such as NetLibrary, ebrary, Myilibrary and EBL, to disseminate a large part of the content. Springer has a good relationship with


aggregators, which sometimes specialise to serve specific markets or customers. It is important to serve all customers, and therefore we work closely with them to distribute our content.


FEATURE Wouter van der Velde is eProduct manager for eBooks & databases and eProducts marketing at Springer


through partners like Amazon (kindle), Barnes and Noble (Nookstudy.com), Google, and Apple iBookstore. Springer eBooks on Springerlink are


available by chapter, or by reference work entry, because many researchers search for content that matches their search-query. The information they are looking for might be in only one chapter of an e-book. Institutional customers, who have purchased one or more subject collections, have access to the full-text documents of the chapters. Springer also sees an interest in ‘pay per view’ purchase of e-book chapters/sections on SpringerLink. We foresee that mobile reading is going to


take off even further in research. The devices are in place (smartphones, tablets, etc), the


Where customers are in a very specialised area of research, and only need a small subset of content, an aggregated solution could be their best option’


Where customers are in a very specialised area of research, and only need a small subset of our content, an aggregated solution could be their best option. Individuals can also buy Springer eBook titles


infrastructure is developed (3G networks, broadly-available WiFi). The content formats are ready (epub3, html5) and the publishers are producing the content. It’s exciting!


Rich Rosy is vice president and general manager of Ingram Library Services, an Ingram Content Group company Ingram enjoys a strong and


Academic usage of e-books has been on a slow but steady climb over the course of the last few years. As more content becomes available and additional usage models are introduced to the market we see that upward trend continuing.


Book chapters are not necessarily stand-alone units, which can make chaptering a challenge


Aggregators play a very important role in


e-books for research by serving as a central repository for publishers and offering a full range of content on many subjects. Aggregators can offer the most relevant and compelling content from many publishers from one source to libraries. Institutions that work with an aggregator with a robust platform have the ability to select and customise the content relevant to their area of need and are able to search across a broad spectrum of titles.


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collaborative relationship with publishers. Open communication between Ingram and the publishers we work with is contributing to the creation of solutions. Ingram Content Group


offers multiple e-book access solutions so libraries can select the most relevant solution for their needs. Currently, our Patron Driven Select model is the most popular access model – it is a model that is driven by demand based on patron need. In addition to patron-driven acquisition models, Ingram offers outright title purchase, consortia purchasing and loan models providing both single and multi-user access. There is a great deal of interest in collections


of e-book titles from multiple publishers, and many libraries that work with Ingram are purchasing collections of e-book titles across a broad spectrum of publishers. Libraries are


managing their e-book purchases in the same way as their traditional print book collections and integrating e-book purchases into their acquisition processes. We are seeing some increase in inquiries from libraries about chapter provision. We are also seeing some interest in e-book individual chapters from publishers as they are now


beginning to separate chapters as they format content. However, currently a book in the academic space is typically set up and managed differently from journal publications. Articles in journals are stand-alone content pieces and can be managed as such. Book chapters are not necessarily stand-alone units, which can make chaptering a challenge. That said, the short- term challenge for individual e-book chapter purchase will be the business model for selling chapters and the metadata for discovery.


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