Recorded Books is developing a new flexible library ebook lending platform that recognizes the varying requirements of today’s world: Publishers want to create their own, individual (and often elastic) models for the terms on which they will provide ebooks to libraries, rather than fit into a single model constructed by wholesalers. The Recorded Books model will give publishers title-level control over four key factors: price; limitations over the number of loans per purchase (if any); time limitation of the license (e.g. expires after one-year, etc.; again, if any); and availability of titles. Consultant Mike Shatzkin is working with Recorded Books […]