Trade eBooks in Libraries - The Changing Landscape

With the advent of downloadable retail eBooks marketed to individual consumers, for the first time in their history libraries encountered an otherwise commercially available text format they were prevented from adding to their collections. Trade eBooks in Libraries examines the legal frameworks which gave rise to this phenomenon and advocacy efforts undertaken in different jurisdictions to remove barriers to library access. The principal authors provide a general historical overview and an analysis of library/eBook principles developed by a variety of library associations and government reviews. In addition, experts from twelve countries present summaries of eBook developments in their respective countries and regions.

About the author

Paul Whitney, Consultant,Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Product details

• Authors: Christina Castell, Pau Whitney, Paul Whitney
• Assisted by: Castell (Editor), Castell (Editor), Christina Castell (Editor), Pau Whitney (Editor), Paul Whitney (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter Saur
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2017
• EAN: 9783110309706
• ISBN: 978-3-11-030970-6
• No. of pages: 207
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 16 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 442 g
• Illustrations: 1 b/w ill.
• Series: IFLA Publications; IFLA Publications; ISSN; IFLA Publications, 172
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system