Denver, CO, January 12, 2017 — ODILO, a global leader in the eBook industry, reports an increased interest in the different
lending models they offer, especially with their innovative Pay - per - Use (PpU), also known as pay - per - checkout.
Not exact matches
Or, if few of your products
lend themselves to repeat purchases, consider
offering a curated box of specific items every month (the subscription box
model) like Birchbox and Dollar Shave Club.
Sure, videos and multimedia typically
offer solid levels of learner engagement, but if your subject matter
lends itself better to a flipped classroom
model and discussion questions, you could be missing out.
«While no single business
model will
offer the best terms for all libraries, this report details
lending terms that public libraries can use to craft
model contracts that work for their library systems.»
NASHVILLE, TN — As more libraries develop digital programs as part of their core
offering, Ingram Content Group Inc., today announced it has added a new content access
model to its MyiLibrary ® e-content platform to provide libraries greater flexibility in e-book
lending.
Bilbary, founded by former Waterstones CEO Tim Coates, was developed to bridge the divide that currently exists between publishers and libraries, as well as to
offer an alternative to the current ebook
lending model.
Although Estrovich refers to the transaction as a purchase, the books are being
offered for a one year term on a one copy / one user
lending model.
Allowing libraries to choose which
lending models works best for their budgets,
offers ODILO customers the opportunity to use their savings for other essential library needs.
In 2003, libraries began
offering free downloadable popular fiction and non-fiction e-books to the public, launching an E-book
lending model that worked much more successfully for public libraries.
To help consortia and library groups stretch their budgets further, ODILO
offers various
lending models, including one - copy / one - user, Pay - per - Use, simultaneous access, and / or subscription.
Allowing libraries to choose which
lending models works best for their budgets,
offers Odilo customers the opportunity to use their savings for other essential library needs.
In Part 2, tomorrow, Christopher looks at the
model offered by Overdrive and considers the future of
lending with the Open Book Alliance's Peter Brantley
ODILO
offers this Pay - per - Use (PpU)
lending model for libraries.
Today, in the first half of a two - part series on library e-book
lending, writer Erik Christopher considers the
models offered to librarians by the United States» two largest e-book retailers, Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.
The Massachusetts
model offers concurrent access to some titles while limiting the number of
lending days per title per year.
-- In a future second phase the platform plans to negotiate agreements to
offer their e-books through tech giants Apple, Amazon and Google (though publishers will have to kick in an extra 2 % for this service), and will also contemplate different
models including subscription, streaming and
lending.
Ingram MyiLibrary is
offering a new credits - based «Access Purchase
Model» for ebook
lending that it promises will be equitable to both publishers and clients alike.
Lately, some best online lenders and
lending partners have been using alternative
models to decide whether an applicant is credit worthy and to determine the interest rates
offered.
All 5 of the options above have begun to chip away at the traditional
model of student loan
lending and
offer attractive alternatives for students and their families.
Its
lending model, based on several credit tiers that
offers the option for adding a cosigner to make the approval process easier for student borrowers.
Buying, selling,
lending and insurance all under the same umbrella — that's the
offer on the table from The Money Source (TMS), a self - proclaimed unicorn - loving, joy - spreading company that is one of many in recent months to introduce disruptive business
models within the real estate industry.
Fannie Mae's Community Home Buyer's Program An income - based community
lending model, under which mortgage insurers and Fannie Mae
offer flexible underwriting guidelines to increase a low - or moderate - income family's buying power and to decrease the total amount of cash needed to purchase a home.