JISC national e-books observatory project

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Themes of the Tools of Change Conference

11th March, 2010

I would like to share with you my highlights from the recent Tools of Change conference that I attended in New York at the end of February.
A core message of the conference was the need for organisations to know who their customers / users are and to connect and engage with them. Why? Because your [...]

Final report available

30th November, 2009

Observatory project final report published.
The results of the two year project exploring the behaviours of e-book users and the impact of course text e-books on print sales are now available. The final report summarises the key findings of the project and the  recommendations for future action.
You can view the report online, download it [...]

e-textbook business models trials underway

18th November, 2009

Eight leading textbook publishers, three e-book aggregator and ten universities are working together to test a range of business models for e-textbooks as part of the second phase of the Study on the Economic Impact of e-textbook Business Models that we commissioned last year.
17 core textbooks have been selected by libraries for the trials. They [...]

e-book business model trials kick off

18th September, 2009

Study on the management and economic impact of e-textbook business models on publishers, e-book aggregators and universities.
Phase 2: Business Models trials
The data from the JISC national e-books observatory inidcates that there the availability of the free at the point of use course text e-books may not negatively impact on print sales to students. This [...]

Change of location to e-books seminar

2nd September, 2009

I now have 100 delegates attending the seminar to review the draft final report. I didnt expect so many people to be free to attend the seminar but it has proved rather popular so I have had to change the location of the event.
It will now take place at:
The Warren Room, The Radisson Edwardian Grafton [...]

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