Publishing e-books: OECD's pay-per-view and e-library services 1998-2003
Author: Green, Toby
Source: Learned Publishing, Volume 17, Number 1, 1 January 2004 , pp. 25-30(6)
Publisher: Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
Abstract:
The OECD's experience in transforming its stagnating book publishing business using the e-book is described. OECD used e-books first as a pay-per-view system within an online bookshop (1998). It then rejected e-book aggregators and introduced an online library on a subscription basis (2001). OECD has moved from being a traditional print book publisher to being an online e-book publisher, supported by print where necessary. It is now developing an e-book account service inside its online bookshop and has the flexibility to publish a broader range of books to a wider audience than was previously possible.Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1087/095315104322710223
Key:
- Free Content
- New Content
- Subscribed Content
- Free Trial Content


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