Sue Polanka has gotten permission to reprint The Financial Importance of Short-term Loans: An Example from Grand Valley State University (GVSU) in Michigan.
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If you price books at $74, there are economic advantages in finding alternatives to purchase. I certainly can’t argue with the logic, nor with the library’s decision to purchase short-term leases rather than acquire books.
In the world of eBooks, library models that allow per-transaction pricing make sense. I would hope, of course, that my fellow publishers would set affordable pricing for these transactions, but with royalties accruing back to publishers and authors rather than being lost to aggregators who add little value.
Rob Preece
Publisher