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A Brief Overview of EBL
Lund Online 2009
Agenda
 About Ebooks Corporation
 EBL content
 Overview of our model
 Some of EBL’s features
 Demand-driven acquisition
 Pricing
 Demonstration of Interface
 Questions ???
Ebooks Corporation
Ebooks Corporation
has focused on the
secure distribution of
commercial ebooks
since 1997
www.ebookscorp.com
Consumers
Libraries
Ebook Services
eBooks.com is the web’s leading
ebook-store, selling a vast range of
popular, professional and academic
titles from all the world’s leading
publishers. eBooks.com’s
aggressive, ongoing R&D program
puts it at the forefront of ebook
technical innovation.
EBL provides a growing collection of
scholarly and professional texts to
academic institutions and
corporations around the globe. With
its patent-pending Non-Linear™
lending and Demand-Driven
Acquisition systems, EBL is unique
among digital library platforms.
Global book publishers have relied
on Ebooks Corporation for secure
digital delivery solutions since 2001.
We also provide fulfillment services for
major booksellers, who benefit from
our decade of experience and unique
technologies.
CONFIDENTIAL Copyright 2009 Ebooks Corporation Limited
Offices in
Melbourne,
Bristol and
Portland.
• HQ in Perth, Australia
• Unlisted public company
• Over 50% growth every year
since 2000 (58% in 2008 financial
year)
• 180,000 titles, 550
publishers, unique
technologies
CONFIDENTIAL Copyright 2009 Ebooks Corporation Limited
Ebooks Corporation’s Services
2006 – eB20
2000 – eBooks.com
2004 – EBL
online retailer of ebooks
distributes ebooks to academic,
corporate & research libraries
2008 – Ebook Services
distribution capabilities to retailers, publishers &
booksellers (CUP, Dymocks, Springer)
feature-rich online reader
Coming Soon...
Amigo – Inside the Book Collaboration
iPhone App
What’s special about EBL?
Developed through collaboration with libraries, publishers, and library supply partners ,
EBL continues to drive innovation approach using collaborative approach…
Some features unique to EBL...
– Non-linear™ Lending - All titles available with multiple-concurrent access
– Utilization at chapter level (i.e. reserve chapter use and ePacks)
– Sophisticated Demand-Driven Acquisition Options – including pay-per-view
access
– Download functionality – Compatibility with eBook readers
– Flexible pricing – no minimum
EBL – A Brief Overview
 Title-by-title selection
 Perpetual ownership
 Multiple-concurrent access to all titles
 Free browsing of full-text at point of
acquisition or access
 Download for all titles – ebooks can be
accessed offline
 Pay-per View Access
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Demand-driven Acquisition Options
Alternative to ILL
 Chapter-level e-reserve & e-coursepacks
 Integrated ordering / invoicing with
international partners – i.e. YBP,
Blackwell, Erasmus, etc.
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View/acquire print & e in one place
Central holdings information
 New Title Alerts and Approval Plans
Available
 Free MARC records for all titles
- OCLC or vendor MARC records available
 No Proprietary Software
 Flexible pricing options – no minimum
purchase requirements
 Compatible for growing number of eBook
Reader Devices
Overview of Content
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~110,000 titles and growing – scholarly monographs, professional titles, few individual
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345+ publishers
journals
Breakdown of Content by Subject Area
Breakdown of Content by Date of Publication
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Total
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
Pre-2000
5%
0.2
1%
Law
12%
12%
14%
12%
11%
8%
7%
5%
3%
11%
0
Reference
3%
Education
5%
Social Sciences
25%
Arts / Humanities
30%
STM
40%
0%
0.4
0.6
0.8
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20%
40%
60%
EBL’s Access Model for Purchased Titles
– Purchase content outright – own in perpetuity (no ongoing access fees on title-bytitle basis)
– Simultaneous access - all titles in EBL allow use by multiple users
• Non-linear™ Lending = multiple-concurrent access to all titles up to 325 ‘loans’
per year – renewing automatically annually
• 30% of all titles also available for purchase with choice of unlimited access
– Free Browse Period for All Titles
– 10 Minutes owned / 5 minutes non-owned
– Use at Chapter Level - Chapters available for use in reserve circulation &
coursepacks
– Archival Copy can be downloaded and printed for each title purchased
EBL’s Demand-driven Access Options
Demand-driven access takes advantage of the immediacy of the digital medium…
EBL’s Demand-driven Acquisition enables libraries to make ebooks visible to patrons without
purchasing the titles outright. Titles can then be ‘rented’ or purchased according to pre
defined rules as needed by patrons.
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Access to non-owned either through library OPAC (by loading MARC records) and/or
within the EBL platform
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5 minutes free browsing for non-owned titles
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Beyond the browse period, libraries decide what permissions apply
EBL’s Demand-driven Access Options
Libraries customize access permissions. Access options available include:
•Mediated Access –
• Beyond browse period, patrons can request further access to non-owned titles.
• Library Alerted of Request
• Libraries can choose to either purchase or rent requested titles.
•Non-mediated short-term loan –
• Beyond browse period, patrons automatically trigger a one-time short-term loan (rental) of
an ebook.
•Automated short-term loans can be price-mediated (i.e. rental over $20 is mediated).
•Auto-purchase –
• Auto-purchase triggered on the first access or after designated number of short-term loans.
Why Libraries are using EBL’s Demand-driven tools…
Some of the benefits of demand-driven access…
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Provides critical mass of widest selection of titles available to patrons
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Budget goes toward funding what actually gets used
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Titles purchased based on demand have higher use once purchased
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Eliminates time required for selectors to search for titles and purchase
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Patrons access most up to date content - new titles are immediately available when
added to catalogue
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EBL profiling tools create a build-in ‘approval plan’
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Seamless access/workflow for libraries and patrons
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Provides alternative to ILL
EBL Features – for the Librarian
 Sophisticated Management Tools
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Real-time Usage Reports - COUNTER
Customisable System Alerts
Profiling Tools / Approval Plans
De-Duplication Management Tools
New Title Alerts
Title Request Management Tools
New Edition Alerts
 Customizable patron and librarian access permissions
 Integrated authentication routes
• via EZ Proxy, Athens, Shibboleth and other integrated routes
 OpenURL/Z39.50 Compliant
 Free MARC records – customised, delivered, or avail for download
 Custom-branding of EBL web site
EBL Features for the Patron
 Advanced search tools
 Full-text search – within and across titles
 Online or Offline Reading Options – All ebooks can be Downloaded and read offline
 Free Browse Period for all Titles – 10 minutes owed books / 5 minutes non-owned titles
 Consistent Print/Copy & Paste - DRM in line with ‘fair use’ – 20% print / 5% copy
 Printing by page-range, chapter or page
 Read aloud for all titles
 Saved notes / bookmarks – exportable
 No proprietary software required – Adobe Reade
 New Reader enables scrolling through text (rather than page by page)
EBL – Goes Mobile
EBL titles can be downloaded to eBook Readers
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EBL titles can be read on a growing number of eBook
Readers
Mobile Devices
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EBL ‘s online reader compatible for use on
iphone, itouch and other mobile phones
2010 = EBL adding support for further mobile devices
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Ebooks Corporation converting all files to ePub and planning
mobile apps…watch this space!
Pricing
Two Components to Pricing
 Platform / Maintenance Fee
 Content Fees
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Hosting Fee – 2 options
• Paid upfont (one time) = $3,000
• Paid incrementally = $5,000 (as a 10% fee on top of content purchases)
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Content
Acquisition
• Non-linear Lending = ~Ebook List Price
• Unlimited Access – ~150% Ebook List Price
Short-term loans:
- 1 day STL = 10-15% of ebook price | - 1 week STL = 15-20% of ebook price
- 2 week STL = 20–25% of ebook price | - 4 week STL = 25-30% of ebook price
Coming Soon…
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Amigo – 2.0 ebook site
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New EBL Patron Interface
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Enhanced Search
Bookshelf, Favorites, Loan History
Saved searches
Linking at chapter and page level
Customisable citation exportation
Dictionary
Shared notes (and the ability for an instructor to share an annotated version of a text with
students)
Chat
Social tagging
Support for further reading devices
A look at the interface…
New Title Alerts…
New Titles alerts available by subject or custom profile
EBL Blog – stay up to date…
• Find latest news, announcements, system alerts, enhancements, events,
special offers with RSS feed
Where to find us…
Online:
www.EBLib.com – website
www.EBLchoice.com – public catalogue
Email:
[email protected] / [email protected]
EBL UK Office:
EBL US Office:
Third Floor
St Thomas Court
Thomas Lane
Bristol BS1 6JG
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 (0)790 687 5349
2505 SE 11th Avenue
Suite 226
Portland, OR 97202
USA
+1 503 473 8506
EBL AU Office:
Level 2
21 Victoria Street
Melbourne, VIC 3000
AUSTRALIA
+61 (0)3 9639 8430