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E-book lenders and their affiliates make it as difficult as possible to find direct information pertaining to the prices and ongoing use of their services. Either they do not provide information outright or it is required to be part of a much larger organization to find plan prices as whole. These are some of the questions that have yet to be answered by this project. This is intended to be an ongoing collaborative project where different levels of librarians working at libraries of all types and sizes can continue to contribute their knowledge and experiences.
What is the price per copy difference between different eBook and audiobook platforms?
What are the different types of levels of restrictions/censoring of titles does your platform enforce?
How much control does the purchaser have on assigning a title to a specific student?
Is the price structure of purchasing copies different based on total investment a district makes when they sign up for Sora? Do smaller school districts pay more money than a large district for the same titles?
Can a school district decide on the level of censorship of titles? Who decides on censorship?
How does a platform like Sora decide on what books they make available?
Can a school district negotiate prices on titles, especially titles connected to textbook selection?
Do these platforms have relationships with textbook providers and how does that affect pricing structure?
Do public libraries receive different pricing than schools? Are there different purchasing models based upon the client?
How do publishers and authors feel about these platforms selling their books?
Does the fact that a school is Title 1 have any effect on pricing?
What is the next step for the eBook and audiobook platforms? Will they end up following the trends of the music industry.
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