tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789620.post3427539795594438763..comments2023-09-30T05:53:37.601-05:00Comments on Mental Graffiti: It Is Time To Negotiate ChangeChad Mairnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09695128363644758875noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789620.post-23638075092965466872011-03-03T16:12:58.804-05:002011-03-03T16:12:58.804-05:00ALA needs to help to and I would think that they h...ALA needs to help to and I would think that they have committees tasked with this very thing -- I hope. I really think that publishers would make more money with this type of 'one book/many readers' subscription model. Plus libraries could connect as many readers to as many eBooks as possible. Everyone wins! Library users don't have to wait in long lines to read an eBook and publishers make money per view. I am sure there are other issues involved, but if this type of subscription service works for music and movies, then it can certainly work for books. Hopefully, libraries are left out of the game.Chad Mairnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09695128363644758875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789620.post-29395339240284195022011-03-03T15:55:24.802-05:002011-03-03T15:55:24.802-05:00I'm beginning to think that eBooks as database...I'm beginning to think that eBooks as database might be a good idea. It could allow a one book/many readers platform or 'streaming books'...maybe? I hope Library Renewal or someone can negotioate with the publishers on behalf of libraries to help make something like this happen. My library has a 'big bag of money' and we are willing to experiment with this type of distribution system.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16814080878585583572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789620.post-40371943998183915182011-03-02T09:58:41.075-05:002011-03-02T09:58:41.075-05:00Again, it is technically possible for more than on...Again, it is technically possible for more than one person to read an eBook at the same time, but the publishers keep thinking “one reader/one book” and that is 20th century thinking – maybe even 15th century thinking. If library users had unlimited access to eBooks and there was a tiny piece of code that automatically paid the publishers per “read” then publishers would make more money because, for one, there would be no waiting lines and more and more people would be reading the same popular book at the same time (“one book/many readers”). eBooks that aren’t “read” would disappear because, quite frankly, no one wants them anyway. My $.02.Chad Mairnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09695128363644758875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789620.post-191903838018699302011-03-01T14:22:10.661-05:002011-03-01T14:22:10.661-05:00That is a good question. I wonder if the www.libra...That is a good question. I wonder if the www.libraryrenewal.org movement to help "pioneer electronic content delivery for libraries" would be a good resource to help negotiate a new lending model in the right direction so that everyone benefits? Or ALA? All I know, is this change needs to happen soon because other publishers will start bypassing or trying to limit library usage of eContent.Chad Mairnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09695128363644758875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789620.post-77434364616430887102011-03-01T14:17:16.449-05:002011-03-01T14:17:16.449-05:00I like the Netflix-esque/Rhapsody-esque idea very ...I like the Netflix-esque/Rhapsody-esque idea very much. How/Where do we start making it happen?Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16814080878585583572noreply@blogger.com