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Publishing e‐books: OECD's pay‐per‐view and e‐library services 1998–2003
Author(s) -
Green Toby
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
learned publishing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.06
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-4857
pISSN - 0953-1513
DOI - 10.1087/095315104322710223
Subject(s) - publishing , publication , flexibility (engineering) , service (business) , library science , world wide web , political science , advertising , computer science , business , management , economics , marketing , law
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.