Publishers: look at the used book market when considering eBooks

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by sassanik

I thought that there were repository libraries? Libraries that in theory keep a copy of everything that has been published in modern times? In theory those copies could used to create electronic copies.

Amy

There are. Eg, the British Library in London and the Bodleian Library in Oxford automatically get a copy of every book published in the UK, and the Library of Congress serves a similar role in the US. The role of such libraries is to preserve the nation's literary heritage.

[Slite]

Originally Posted by HarryT

There are. Eg, the British Library in London and the Bodleian Library in Oxford automatically get a copy of every book published in the UK, and the Library of Congress serves a similar role in the US. The role of such libraries is to preserve the nation's literary heritage.

And the British Library is involved in the Europeana project arent they?

So maybe we'll see something there, once they sort out their infrastructure.

[mbovenka]

Originally Posted by HarryT

There are. Eg, the British Library in London and the Bodleian Library in Oxford automatically get a copy of every book published in the UK, and the Library of Congress serves a similar role in the US. The role of such libraries is to preserve the nation's literary heritage.

The Royal Library in The Hague does this for the Netherlands.