The Evolution of e Content Publishing in Europe

The Evolution of e. Content Publishing in Europe Suzanne Kemperman Director, Publisher Relations OCLC WESS Special Topics Discussion Group June 26, 2010

Subtitle: From Fear of Cannibals to Open Access n n n Evolution or Revolution? Experiment to Adoption Hurdles to Overcome Still – Mind the Gap Success to Date Future Trends June 26, 2010 WESS Special Topics Discussion Group

Evolution or Revolution? n n 10 Years: From 10, 000 to 1 -10 million e. Books e. Book requirements: ¡ ¡ ¡ June 26, 2010 Acceptance of change Technology and investments Work flow Business models Use of e. Content – User behavior WESS Special Topics Discussion Group

e. Book Experiment to Adoption n US, then international publishers and some smaller/newer publishers. EU later ¡ n Institutional markets first ¡ n English-language dominance (US, UK) First US, then EMEA, then APAC, then rest Consumer market almost 10 years later due to lack of devices & adoption June 26, 2010 WESS Special Topics Discussion Group

Hurdles to Overcome n n n n Philosophically Cannibals and pirates Legal challenges, author rights Return on investment Re-designing workflows, lack of standards Building e. Content strategy Business models June 26, 2010 WESS Special Topics Discussion Group

Still: Mind the Gap! n The Gap Declining print revenues Low digital revenues ¡ ¡ Bridging the gap Discoverability Access Usage ROI for libs & pubs June 26, 2010 WESS Special Topics Discussion Group

Success to Date n n n All international STM and large trade publishers have web presence. Western European publishers slow, but increasing. Infrastructure developed e. Books simultaneous with print Working with multiple vendors New business models June 26, 2010 WESS Special Topics Discussion Group

Net. Library 2008 International e. Content Publishers Chart does not include U. S. Publishers. June 26, 2010 WESS Special Topics Discussion Group

European e. Book Publishers Denmark: U Copenhagen France: EDP Sciences, Eyrolles, La Decouverte, Numilog, OECD Germany: Hogrefe, Thieme, U Goettingen, Walter de. Gruyter, Wiley VCH Hungary: Central European UP Netherlands: Amsterdam UP, Brill, IOS Press, John Benjamins, Now Publishers, Rodopi Spain: Dykinson, Paidotribo, Stanley Editorial June 26, 2010 WESS Special Topics Discussion Group

Open Access Initiatives Addressing publishing challenges European University Presses take the initiative to develop an Open Access model for peer reviewed books in Humanities and Social Sciences June 26, 2010 WESS Special Topics Discussion Group

Thank you! Suzanne Kemperman, OCLC kempers@oclc. org Questions? June 26, 2010 WESS Special Topics Discussion Group