springer and patron driven acquisition san diego, january, 2011 syed hasan
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Springer and Patron Driven Acquisition
San Diego, January, 2011
Syed Hasan
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•Springer eBooks
•Springer’s PDA Pilot
•Springer eBook Business Model Summit
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•Springer eBooks• Springer's PDA Pilot
• Springer eBook Business Model Summit
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Springer is the largest STM book publisher
(Data from www.puballey.com; if a book is published simultaneously in hard- and paperback editions, only the hardback edition was included)
3,959
3,408
2,459
1,260
1,274
1,201
1,566
779
327
Number of English-Language Titles Published in 2009
5Launched eBooks in 2006
Naval Research Lab
LAB Corporate
CAPES
ICOLC Meeting
Univ. of TokyoLAB EuropeALA Chicago
Bookfair FRA
Univ. Toronto
VALA
LAB US
LAB Asia
UKSG; London Online
Personal feedback of more then 200 librarians globally
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Springer eBook business models drivers
Market and customer driven
• Ownership
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2 Keep it simple
3 Adopt proven journal model
• Packages
• Pre-Paid business
• DRM-free
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Pricing model based on size and type of institution
Size of
institution
Type of institution
(Carnegie Classification)
Price
# researchers and/or students
School University R&D Institute
MP
= Mid price level of an average size of university
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Springer and Patron Driven/Initiated Access/Acquisition
• Springer eBooks
•Springer’s PDA Pilot• eBook Business Model Summit
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University of Utah “Patron-esque” Pilot
• Pre-payment deposited in early July
• Open up access to Complete 2005-2010 eBook Collection
• 2 price band agreed - current year (2010) & 2005-2009
• Apply deposit toward ownership of collections after pilot
Results
• Deposit exhausted in 1 month
• Complete collection price reached in 3.5 months
• Currently working on conversion to ownership
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Springer and Patron Driven/Initiated Access/Acquisition
• Springer eBooks
• Springer’s PDA Pilot
•eBook Pricing Summit
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Springer eBook Business Model Summit
• One day dedicated meeting
• Chicago – April
• Discussion to include PDA
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Thank You! Questions?
Syed Hasan
President, Sales
Ray Colon
Dir. eProduct Management
George Scotti
Dir. Library Channel Marketing