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Springer and Patron Driven Acquisition

Springer and Patron Driven Acquisition. San Diego, January , 2011 Syed Hasan. Springer eBooks Springer’s PDA Pilot Springer eBook Business Model Summit. Springer eBooks Springer's PDA Pilot Springer eBook Business Model Summit. Number of English-Language Titles Published in 2009.

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Springer and Patron Driven Acquisition

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  1. Springer and Patron Driven Acquisition San Diego, January, 2011 Syed Hasan

  2. Springer eBooks • Springer’s PDA Pilot • Springer eBook Business Model Summit

  3. Springer eBooks • Springer's PDA Pilot • Springer eBook Business Model Summit

  4. Number of English-Language Titles Published in 2009 Springer is the largest STM book publisher 3,959 3,408 2,459 1,566 1,274 1,260 1,201 779 327 (Data from www.puballey.com; if a book is published simultaneously in hard- and paperback editions, only the hardback edition was included)

  5. Launched eBooks in 2006 UKSG; London Online Bookfair FRA LAB Corporate ICOLC Meeting Univ. Toronto Univ. of Tokyo Naval Research Lab ALA Chicago LAB Europe LAB US LAB Asia CAPES VALA Personal feedback of more then 200 librarians globally

  6. 1 2 3 Springer eBook business models drivers • Market and customer driven • Ownership Keep it simple • Adopt proven journal model • Packages • Pre-Paid business • DRM-free

  7. Pricing model based on size and type of institution # researchers and/or students Price Size of institution MP School University R&D Institute Type of institution (Carnegie Classification) = Mid price level of an average size of university

  8. Springer and Patron Driven/Initiated Access/Acquisition • Springer eBooks • Springer’s PDA Pilot • eBook Business Model Summit

  9. University of Utah “Patron-esque” Pilot • Pre-payment deposited in early July • Open up access to Complete 2005-2010 eBook Collection • 2 price band agreed - current year (2010) & 2005-2009 • Apply deposit toward ownership of collections after pilot • Results • Deposit exhausted in 1 month • Complete collection price reached in 3.5 months • Currently working on conversion to ownership

  10. Springer and Patron Driven/Initiated Access/Acquisition • Springer eBooks • Springer’s PDA Pilot • eBook Pricing Summit

  11. Springer eBook Business Model Summit • One day dedicated meeting • Chicago – April • Discussion to include PDA

  12. Thank You! Questions? Syed Hasan President, Sales Syed.Hasan@springer.com Ray Colon Dir. eProduct Management Ray.Colon@springer.com George Scotti Dir. Library Channel Marketing George.Scotti@springer.com

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