Penguin Random House has moved to
a perpetual access model for all imprints, with a price cap at $ 65 per title rather than $ 85.
While the publishers who treat ebooks as printed books make most of their sales to the public and are rightfully concerned that school and library sales will erode the consumer sales that they need to survive, the publishers who have developed and champion the unlimited simultaneous use with
perpetual access model sell only to or principally to school libraries.
Not exact matches
Flexible lending
models, with different options available including Pay - per - Use, simultaneous
access, subscription, or one - copy, one - user (expiring, metered, or
perpetual use).
Though we were in shock when HarperCollins instituted its 26 - loan limit in 2011, that rental
model is now recognized as an attractive alternative to high - priced
perpetual access.
As I'll explain in detail later, an endowment would be one way to help guarantee
perpetual access to books even if libraries paid per - use fees (yes, the ideal
model from a strict library perspective would be full ownership or, better yet, no limits on use whatsoever — with rights holders paid in advance for removal of all sharing restrictions).
Should libraries purchase eCollections (the «
perpetual access»
model) or simply subscribe to them (the «lease»
model)?
This
model usually involves
perpetual access to each title that you purchase, but you may have to pay an annual platform fee, which amounts to a subscription.
In the unlimited simultaneous
access with
perpetual ownership
model, the sophisticated interactive features of each platform will add so much to the usability of the books that migration would be a mistake, if it were possible.
That might seem steep at first glance, but Sonarworks has opted for a
perpetual license
model, which means just one purchase will give you
access to the app on every supported platform, which currently includes PC and Mac.