In a saturated and non-consolidated field, Recorded Books hopes to distinguish itself with a platform that will allow publishers to set
their ebook licensing terms for libraries on a title - by - title and market - by - market basis, and then analyze the impact of those decisions by comparing circ and consumer sales at the zip code level.
Not exact matches
There are no consistent
licensing terms for libraries to purchase
eBooks and many publishers have yet to opt into the idea that distributing their digital content does not devalue the product.
Manning grants you a nonexclusive, nontransferable
license to use the
ebook according to the
terms and conditions herein.
This report discusses what libraries must consider before they will
license and agree to for the long -
term, permanent purchase and use of
ebooks.
Prior to the merger of Penguin and Random House in July 2013, the two publishers had entirely different
terms for library
licensing of their
ebooks.
Prior to the merger of Penguin and Random House in July 2013, the two publishers had entirely different
terms for library... Continue reading Penguin Random House
Ebooks Now
Licensed for Perpetual Access →
While it is possible to construct perpetual
license agreements that make provision for digital preservation and to develop communitywide preservation mechanisms (as has been done with scholarly journals, where research libraries are usually the dominant part of the marketplace), we are far away from seeing such enabling
terms and conditions in mass - market
ebook licenses.
I want to be clear that, at least when dealing with the major publishers, nobody buys an
ebook; one
licenses it under typically very complex
terms that constrain what you are allowed to do with it.
You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the
terms of the Project Gutenberg
License included with this
eBook.
In a possible attempt to circumvent this legal principle, Amazon's
terms of sale state that the
ebook is
licensed rather than sold outright.
We hope more publishers will consider
ebook business models that
license ebooks to libraries on reasonable
terms at fair prices.
Other pilot
terms are expected to continue, including a one - year expiration date on ebooks licensed to libraries and library... Continue reading Penguin Revisits Library Pilot Te
terms are expected to continue, including a one - year expiration date on
ebooks licensed to libraries and library... Continue reading Penguin Revisits Library Pilot
TermsTerms →
Similarly,
licenses may be exclusive or non-exclusive, world - wide or geographically - restricted, short -
term or perpetual, royalty - free or royalty - paying, limited to a particular language or format, such as audio, print, or
eBooks.
Earlier in the year, HarperCollins had created a brouhaha in the library world by changing the acquisition
terms of its
ebooks for libraries from
licensing to 26 circulations before an
ebook would have to be purchased again.
In a saturated and non-consolidated field, Recorded Books hopes to distinguish itself with an
ebook sales platform that will allow publishers to set their
licensing terms for libraries on a title - by - title and market - by - market basis, and then analyze the impact of those decisions by comparing library circ and consumer sales at the zip code level.
Houghton also sounded a forceful call for librarians take a stand against
ebooks locked up in restrictive DRM or
licensed under unfavorable
terms, saying that if these issues aren't fixed by the time a contract is up, her library will simply refuse to renew.
Unfortunately for libraries, that growth has led many of the largest publishing houses to take a very guarded approach with the field — offering libraries
ebook titles at a significant markup,
licensing titles only with restrictive
terms or embargo periods, or simply refusing to enter into
ebook agreements with libraries at all.
These agreements dictate the basic
terms of access, such as the HarperCollins limit of 26 loans per
ebook license.
But
ebooks are not sold, they're
licensed for use and the
terms of usage are controlled through contract by the publisher.
«
Ebook Vendors Anticipate Big Five
Licensing Terms Becoming More Flexible,» Library Journal Online.
Penguin Random House today announced a new unified, companywide
terms of sale (TOS) policy for
ebook licenses sold to public, school, and other libraries working with approved
ebook vendors in the United States and Canada.
If we do a query on Google of a random text strings in your book (and yes, we do this to test the originality of your work), and we discover the same content under other author names, or associated with private label article (also called «Private Label Rights or PLR») or
ebook licensing systems, your account will be closed without warning and all earnings will be forfeited, per the
Terms of Service.
Instead
ebooks are considered services, and services are
licensed on
terms that need to be negotiated between the licensor and the licensee.
All of the Big Six publishers are now working with libraries on
ebook lending in some capacity, but pricing and
licensing terms remain unfavorable in many cases, Saturday's «ALA,
Ebooks, and Digital Content: What's Next?»
For
ebooks, the publisher in its contract shall replace the traditional «out of print» clause that triggers a rights reversion with a sales volume clause and / or a finite
term of
license.