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eBooks: Past, Present, Future
Daria Iovcheva
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Agenda
It was 2006…
Fast forward to 2016
Our eBook features
If you were me?
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It was 2006…
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• Revolutionary!
• Continuing access model
• No DRM
• In 12 subject specific collections
Springer launched it’s eBook collections
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• We improved our Metadata
• Partner with OCLC
• Competition entered the market
• Following the Springer model though…
• We increased the book output
• Creating more value for money
• We added new subject collections
• In hot research areas such as Energy
• Built a new platform
• The fastest in the industry
• And last….
Things changed….
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But not least…
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We added the Book Archives
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What is the Springer Book Archive?
• 120,000 eBooks Content - dating from 1842-2004
• Available as one-off purchase with continuous access in German and English packages, priced depending on institution size
• Titles are digitized to high standards
• (OCLC) MARC records available at no extra charge
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Springer Book Archives – Age of the content
60% of English/International SBA books published later than 1990
85% of English/International SBA books published later than 1980
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% of SBA titles by copyright year English
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New eBook content in 2016
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So…what’s new?
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The 2016 eBook collections and number of titles
Humanities and Social Sciences Collection Science, Technology and Medicine Collection
Behavioral Science & Psychology +260 Biomedical & Life Science +640
Business & Management +430 Chemistry & Materials Science +300
Economics & Finance +480 Computer Science +1100
Education +450 Earth & Environmental Science +390
History +230 Energy +130
Literature, Cultural & Media Studies +500 Engineering +930
Political Science & Internl. Studies +410 Mathematics & Statistics +545
Philosophy & Religion +320 Medicine +785
Social Sciences +560 Physics & Astronomy +420
Law & Criminology +250 Professional & Applied Computing +230
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2016 eBook packages: The changes
Packages no longer available as of copyright year 2016 are:
• Humanities, Social sciences and Law
• Behavioral Sciences
• Business and Economics
Palgrave content available on SpringerLink
Humanities & Social Sciences Complete Collection
Behavioral Science
Business + economics
Humanities, social
science + law
12 Palgrave Collections
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Springer eBooks on SpringerLink
Springer eBook collections
(20+7)
Springer eBook series (24)
Springer References
Bookseries have archives as well
(<2005)
Book series and Book series archives ARE
included in the subject collections
Reference works ARE included in the
subject collections
This includes EVERYTHING!
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But also
On SpringerLink…
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• Mostly newly digitized content
• ~ 10,000 titles
• 8 packages
The Palgrave archives
SBA: Palgrave Archive titles Number of titles
Palgrave Business & Management Collection 569
Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection 1,612
Palgrave History Collection 2,565
Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection 51
Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection 1,586
Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection 1,876
Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection 386
Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection 834
Total 9,479
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eBook features
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Over two-hundred-thousand eBooks!& growing.
How many books?
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Springer is now the largest publisher in STM and HSS (with Palgrave)
WK Health
Sage
Elsevier
Wiley-Blackwell
CUP
Palgrave Macmillan
OUP
Taylor & Francis
Springer
Medicine Science & Technology Social Sciences & Humanities
Data from www.puballey.com; only books available through YBP approval plans; if a book is published simultaneously in hard- and paperback editions, only the hardback edition was included
5,554
4,914
2,344
1,311
1,533
1,257
2,153
757
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Number of English-Language Titles Published in 2014
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All of our eBooks are DRM-free
Monographs Textbooks Series Reference Works
Handbooks Edited Volumes Conference Proceedings
Briefs
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And…..
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Our platform is mobile optimized
Web responsive design allows for optimal viewing on all devices
Tablet
Desktop
Phone - vertical
Phone - horizontal
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But wait, there is more!
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As an author I have no idea what the actual impact is of my book
(so why should I go through the process of writing one?)
No recognition for my book from faculty, university administrators
or funders
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Bookmetrix pulls together information about the attention paid to, use of and impact of books
Books benefit hugelyfrom new ways of looking at attention & impact
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Including all books content!
42.000 mentions to
98.000 books published
before 2000© 1991
January 2015
In addition, books, like journals, are discussed online
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Whole BookChapters
Bookmetrix - your book and chapter metrics dashboard
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Valuable insight in citations…
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Bookalytics
Front End
(Springer IP)
Bookalytics API
Altmetrics API
Springer API
CrossRef
Data source
PGES
R
Technology:Ruby/Rails
PostgreSQL
Mendeley API
ONIX
Data sourceData source
Web crawler
Various data sources…and more sources are explored!
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Surprised about this?
Average number of citations by copyright year
N= 107,313; only titles that are available on SpringerLink
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In addition, we also offer…
(OCLC) MARC records
• All new titles on SpringerLink will have Springer and OCLC MARC records at no extra charge. See springer.com/marc for more information
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Finally…
Springer participates with major digital preservation initiatives
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Affordable business models for every organization
Including all book
types, series &
MRWsAfter sales
support
Usage growth year on year
Nearly 200,000 books
Great value for money
High demandHigh downloads
You think
books are less
key than
journals? Let us
prove you
No DRM, no limitations on copying, printing, simultaneous use or downloading
Available on any device
ePubavailable
eBooks
Continuous
access business
model
It is not just about the number of available books
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Thank you!
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