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| author | Tracy Bergstrom Makala Skinner |
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| contents | The Current State of Academic E-Book Business Models: Access Strategies and Budgeting Realities Tracy Bergstrom Makala Skinner State of the Art Reviews Electronic Books Business Models Budgeting Humanities Social Sciences Academic Libraries Authors Costs Printed Materials Trend Analysis Reader Response Futures (of Society) Library Services Publications Publishing Industry Artificial Intelligence Shared Resources and Services Consortia This study examines academic monograph publishing in the humanities and social sciences across the United States and Europe to understand how current business models are functioning for their consumer base, namely libraries and authors. Through desk research and interviews with librarians, content aggregators, publishers, and authors, the authors gathered data on a variety of business models (including hybrid, digital, and print models, and those driven by open access imperatives), the needs of academic libraries, and the priorities of authors. To guide this research the authors considered: (1) How academic libraries, authors, and readers are being served by the e-books market; (2) The current and future role of print; and (3) The impact of variant business and acquisitions models on both cost and service. Between October 2024 and January 2025, Ithaka S+R gathered data through research and semi-structured interviews to better understand the e-book market with a focus on understanding what is working well and the most critical pain points for academic libraries, publishers, and authors. This report shares findings from the qualitative analysis of 17 interviews with stakeholders as well as themes and trends discovered through desk research. The resulting analysis is driven by the stakeholders interviewed for this study, contextualized by the authors own understanding of the contemporary environment at large and its continual evolution. As most of the original interviews took place before Clarivate's announcement in February 2025 that it will pivot e-monograph sales to a subscription model, the authors conducted additional interviews after this date to assess the impact and reactions to this shift. |
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| spellingShingle | The Current State of Academic E-Book Business Models: Access Strategies and Budgeting Realities Tracy Bergstrom Makala Skinner State of the Art Reviews Electronic Books Business Models Budgeting Humanities Social Sciences Academic Libraries Authors Costs Printed Materials Trend Analysis Reader Response Futures (of Society) Library Services Publications Publishing Industry Artificial Intelligence Shared Resources and Services Consortia The Current State of Academic E-Book Business Models: Access Strategies and Budgeting Realities Tracy Bergstrom Makala Skinner State of the Art Reviews Electronic Books Business Models Budgeting Humanities Social Sciences Academic Libraries Authors Costs Printed Materials Trend Analysis Reader Response Futures (of Society) Library Services Publications Publishing Industry Artificial Intelligence Shared Resources and Services Consortia This study examines academic monograph publishing in the humanities and social sciences across the United States and Europe to understand how current business models are functioning for their consumer base, namely libraries and authors. Through desk research and interviews with librarians, content aggregators, publishers, and authors, the authors gathered data on a variety of business models (including hybrid, digital, and print models, and those driven by open access imperatives), the needs of academic libraries, and the priorities of authors. To guide this research the authors considered: (1) How academic libraries, authors, and readers are being served by the e-books market; (2) The current and future role of print; and (3) The impact of variant business and acquisitions models on both cost and service. Between October 2024 and January 2025, Ithaka S+R gathered data through research and semi-structured interviews to better understand the e-book market with a focus on understanding what is working well and the most critical pain points for academic libraries, publishers, and authors. This report shares findings from the qualitative analysis of 17 interviews with stakeholders as well as themes and trends discovered through desk research. The resulting analysis is driven by the stakeholders interviewed for this study, contextualized by the authors own understanding of the contemporary environment at large and its continual evolution. As most of the original interviews took place before Clarivate's announcement in February 2025 that it will pivot e-monograph sales to a subscription model, the authors conducted additional interviews after this date to assess the impact and reactions to this shift. |
| title | The Current State of Academic E-Book Business Models: Access Strategies and Budgeting Realities |
| topic | State of the Art Reviews Electronic Books Business Models Budgeting Humanities Social Sciences Academic Libraries Authors Costs Printed Materials Trend Analysis Reader Response Futures (of Society) Library Services Publications Publishing Industry Artificial Intelligence Shared Resources and Services Consortia |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED677289 |