zhenbo_endle@lemmy.ca to Libraries@literature.cafe · 20 days agoThe True Cost of eBooks and Audiobooks for Librarieswww.spokanelibrary.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up141arrow-down1external-linkThe True Cost of eBooks and Audiobooks for Librarieswww.spokanelibrary.orgzhenbo_endle@lemmy.ca to Libraries@literature.cafe · 20 days agomessage-square4linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehobovision@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·20 days agoTldr: Publishers charge libraries more for ebooks and audiobooks than paper copies, and require annual license renewals. The Spokane library spends 1/3 of their annual budget on digital licensing.
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·19 days agoAnd yet if they don’t they risk becoming irrelevant.
Tldr: Publishers charge libraries more for ebooks and audiobooks than paper copies, and require annual license renewals. The Spokane library spends 1/3 of their annual budget on digital licensing.
And yet if they don’t they risk becoming irrelevant.