http://pubfrontier.com/2009/02/13/purchase-on-demand-the-new-pod/ A raucous public discussion of the publishing revolution. Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:20:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://pubfrontier.com/2009/02/13/purchase-on-demand-the-new-pod/comment-page-1/#comment-352 The Daily Square - Star Eyes Edition « Wordpress Lab Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:27:03 +0000 http://pubfrontier.com/?p=108#comment-352 [...] B2 Purchase on Demand: The New PODJoe Esposito takes a look at a different kind of POD: Purchase on Demand. His (relatively) short piece takes the brain down a lot of long and winding roads of possibility and ideas. [...] [...] B2 Purchase on Demand: The New PODJoe Esposito takes a look at a different kind of POD: Purchase on Demand. His (relatively) short piece takes the brain down a lot of long and winding roads of possibility and ideas. [...]

]]> http://pubfrontier.com/2009/02/13/purchase-on-demand-the-new-pod/comment-page-1/#comment-351 The Daily Square - Everywhere I Go Edition « Wordpress Lab Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:24:19 +0000 http://pubfrontier.com/?p=108#comment-351 [...] B2 Purchase on Demand: The New PODJoe Esposito takes a look at a different kind of POD: Purchase on Demand. His (relatively) short piece takes the brain down a lot of long and winding roads of possibility and ideas. [...] [...] B2 Purchase on Demand: The New PODJoe Esposito takes a look at a different kind of POD: Purchase on Demand. His (relatively) short piece takes the brain down a lot of long and winding roads of possibility and ideas. [...]

]]> http://pubfrontier.com/2009/02/13/purchase-on-demand-the-new-pod/comment-page-1/#comment-341 Welcome to The Shatzkin Files - The Shatzkin Files Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:16:07 +0000 http://pubfrontier.com/?p=108#comment-341 [...] Joe Esposito first told me about blogs in about 2001 or so, there were very few. Michael Cader had [...] [...] Joe Esposito first told me about blogs in about 2001 or so, there were very few. Michael Cader had [...]

]]> http://pubfrontier.com/2009/02/13/purchase-on-demand-the-new-pod/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Toby Green Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:44:24 +0000 http://pubfrontier.com/?p=108#comment-336 Firstly, a minor correction - Oxford Scholarship Online copied the subscription business model launched by OECD with SourceOECD in 2001. The success of this model is its all-you-can-eat nature: the librarian pays an annual fee and the publisher gives unlimited access to the catalogue to the reader community. Everyone wins because the librarian can control their budget, the publisher can be assured of cash flow and the reader gets access to whatever they want instantly. A purchase on demand system introduces uncertainty: librarians will be unable to know in advance how much they will spend - and what happens if they run out of money mid-way through the year?; publishers can't predict their sales so will avoid taking risks with niche titles, and unless the PoD system offers instant delivery, readers will be frustrated by the purchase process. Whilst I think Purchase on Demand will grow, I'm sure the all-you-can-eat subscription model will end up dominating this sector, just as it does with academic journals. Firstly, a minor correction – Oxford Scholarship Online copied the subscription business model launched by OECD with SourceOECD in 2001. The success of this model is its all-you-can-eat nature: the librarian pays an annual fee and the publisher gives unlimited access to the catalogue to the reader community. Everyone wins because the librarian can control their budget, the publisher can be assured of cash flow and the reader gets access to whatever they want instantly. A purchase on demand system introduces uncertainty: librarians will be unable to know in advance how much they will spend – and what happens if they run out of money mid-way through the year?; publishers can’t predict their sales so will avoid taking risks with niche titles, and unless the PoD system offers instant delivery, readers will be frustrated by the purchase process. Whilst I think Purchase on Demand will grow, I’m sure the all-you-can-eat subscription model will end up dominating this sector, just as it does with academic journals.

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