Flemish E-book Platform

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Maarten Vandekerckhove – Naple Assembly Copenhagen

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Small “country”Small language area

Restrictions / Circumstances

• Small e-book market: 11.000 titles in Dutch• No e-books in local book shops• No e-books in public libraries• No legal ground to lend e-books

BUT

Increasing demand from libraries and the public

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Publishers

Libraries

Book sales

Other RetailValue chain for the physical book

ReadersAuthors

Search, Discover, Consult, Buy, Loan

Publishers

Libraries

Book sales

Other retailValue chain for the digital book

Authors Aggregators Readers

Search, Discover, Consult, Buy, Loan, Rent

How?

• Cooperation between public and private sector

• Providing e-content to the E-book platform by publishers • Facilitating the usage of e-content by book shops (for sales)

and public libraries (for loans)

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Flemish government+

Public libraries

Book shops+

Publishers

New value chain

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Publishers

Libraries

Book sales

Other retailValue chain digital book

Authors

Aggregators

Readers

Search, Discover, Consult, Buy, Loan, Rent

E-book platform

Why?

• Reducing impact of international aggregators

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Why?

• Reducing impact of international aggregators

• The need of a quality guarantee- Assuring a relevant Flemish collection- Guarantee for non-commercial services- Availability for innovation & creativity

• Win/win for public and private sector- Sharing costs- Reliability and quality

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Surplus value public library

• PL makes e-books accessible for everybody- Extension public library policy (easily accessible, diverse

collections, locally embedded)- Creating added value for library users

• PL creates digital services- Information litteracy- Stimulating reading skills and pleasure

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State of affairs

• Unlimited availibility for consultation between library walls• Fragments integrated in digital library system

(teasers) • Developing a lending formula in cooperation with publishers

(win/win for both parties)

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