Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://repository.ifla.org/handle/123456789/2028
Title: Trade eBooks in Libraries – The Changing Landscape
Authors: Whitney, Paul
de Castell, Christina
Keywords: Subject::eBooks
Subject::eLending
Subject::Copyright
Subject::Copyright laws
Subject::Public lending right
Issue Date: 16-Dec-2016
Publisher: De Gruyter Saur
Series/Report no.: IFLA Publications;172
Abstract: With the advent of downloadable retail eBooks marketed to individual consumers, for the first time in their history libraries encountered an otherwise commercially available text format they were prevented from adding to their collections. Trade eBooks in Libraries examines the legal frameworks which gave rise to this phenomenon and advocacy efforts undertaken in different jurisdictions to remove barriers to library access. The principal authors provide a general historical overview and an analysis of library/eBook principles developed by a variety of library associations and government reviews. In addition, experts from twelve countries present summaries of eBook developments in their respective countries and regions.
URI: https://repository.ifla.org/handle/123456789/2028
ISSN: 9783110309706
Appears in Collections:IFLA Publications

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