Written by Robert Roose, Support Services Director at Spokane Public Library
The True Cost of eBooks and Audiobooks for Libraries
https://www.spokanelibrary.org/the-true-cost-of-ebooks-and-audiobooks-for-libraries/
https://www.spokanelibrary.org/the-true-cost-of-ebooks-and-audiobooks-for-libraries/
Written by Robert Roose, Support Services Director at Spokane Public Library
3 Comments
hobovision@mander.xyz · 25 pts · 1y
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.
Hawke@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 1y
And yet if they don’t they risk becoming irrelevant.
bacon_pdp@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
dotslashme@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 1y
TIL, thanks for sharing this!