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NAPLE WORKING GROUP EBOOKS

NAPLE WORKING GROUP EBOOKS. SUMMARY MEETING MAY 12TH – ATHENS Diederik van Leeuwen Director Stichting Bibliotheek.nl. We’re making progress !. Meeting Milan 2013 – first time Most issues last year still apply Some issues diminished : The use of DRM Streamed versus download

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NAPLE WORKING GROUP EBOOKS

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  1. NAPLEWORKING GROUP EBOOKS SUMMARY MEETING MAY 12TH – ATHENS Diederik van Leeuwen Director Stichting Bibliotheek.nl

  2. We’re making progress! • Meeting Milan 2013 – first time • Most issues last yearstillapply • Some issues diminished: • The use of DRM • Streamed versus download • Not ‘if’ but ‘how’ • First results shared • Central message: get started!

  3. Basic Toolset High-level requirements / shared knowledge & experiences that applies to (almost) every country / situation. For example: Negotiation skills / experiences Contracts (conditions / articles) Lobby / marketing tools Stand alone (ICT) tools - apps Analyse & DefineModels example example example Model C Free ebooks public domain and long tailonly Centralized budget Unlimiteduse Model A Free basic package Payeduseselection Centralized budget One copy / multiple use Model B Free ebooksalways Centralized budget One copy / oneuse

  4. Payforuse A B ?! C Free of charge Right to e-read One copy / multiple use One copy/oneuse

  5. General argumentsforebooks@ the library

  6. Create interest @ publishers • Large publishers tend to be more selective, smaller publisher are more interested > so: ‘size does matter – in our case: the smaller, the better’ • Publisher show high interest in statistics, fact finding • Short term: additional revenues • Longer term: digitisation of backlist • Commercial argument: launch pad to large client base • Powerplay: 10% client in books, 50% client in ebooks - ?!

  7. First recommendations • Build trust, start (small sized) projects • Split discussions over types of ebooks: • Fiction / non-fiction / educational • Head / shoulder / long tail • Free / public domain / commercial / out of commerce • Centralize budgets (increasebargaining power) • Centralizenegatiations & purchase proces • Offer statisticsandwindowstopublishers

  8. Next steps • Create platform out of workinggroup (meet twice a year – follow up on Athens, preparefor next meeting) • ReBOOKS – initiative out of Slovenia tocreateknowledge base online forlibraries – EU funding • EU benchmark research (conductedby Dan Mount) – initiative of Belgium and Dutch institutes (funded bij Taalunie) – availableOctober 2014 • Developapp – tobeused (afterslightadaption) byseveralcountries – first set up is offeredbyBibliotheek.nl (called ‘Holiday- App’)

  9. directie@bibliotheek.nl

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