SWEDISH LIBRARY ASSOCIATION - Svensk BiblioteksfÃ¶rening

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E-BOOKSARE HERETO STAYE-book are just one of several formats that public librariesbuy to pass on to their borrowers.E-reading is still in its infancy in Sweden. Here we haveaccess to 5,000 titles while the U.S., perhaps the mostadvanced country in the world when it comes to e-reading,has access to over 1 million titles.E-books have the potential to spread reading to more,and new, groups of readers that libraries would otherwisefind difficult to reach. Access to eBooks in librariesis not only a question of freedom for borrowers in choosingtheir preferred reading format, but it also affects thelibrary’s core mission: to increase reading and providecitizens with free access to information.In terms of the authors’ and publishers’ interests, librariesalso work as shop windows and as an introducer of theindividual authors and their work. The lending of eBookswill help libraries to both increase the accessibility of newand popular books, and introduce a new technology tonew groups. This will be useful for the lending model in thelong run.
PRESENTREMUNERATIONMODELLibraries have always paid for the books they have procuredfor their users. Today libraries pay a fee of about 20SEK per loan of an eBook. Payment per loan deals withall eBooks in the same way even though eBooks are onlybriefly at the top of sales and lending charts. Local examplesshow that interest in borrowing individual titles maybe affected by the activities of the library.Today’s competition in the distribution of eBooks is unsatisfactory.In a well functioning market, libraries wouldbe free to purchase media from various independent suppliers.Today all individual libraries themselves negotiatewith eBook distributor Elib, meaning there is little chanceof a municipal library influencing purchasing conditions.Thus the Swedish Library Association welcomes thatthe Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions,is willing to take on the role of collectively representingindividual municipalities’ interests.
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