From: "Renison, Neil" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 23:34:17 +0000 Recent comments on the thread of eBooks without Contracts seem to overlook the purpose of this list and why most of us subscribe to it. I admit to wondering myself about the value of the collection, but I simply wouldn't know and it is irrelevant to the main point of the post. I just wish people wouldn't clutter the list with matters off topic. What was of interest is the revolutionary idea that a deal could be "culminated through the legal equivalent of a sketch on a cocktail napkin, not a 330 page contract with multiple addenda." Spending so much my time dealing with the insanity of licensing electronic resources, one can only be interested in any potential for a better way. Perhaps this example isn't, but that is what the debate should be about. Neil Renison| Librarian, Acquisitions Services Information Resources Library & Information Services Eddie Koiki Mabo Library James Cook University, Angus Smith Drive, Douglas, QLD 4811 E: [log in to unmask] W: http://www.jcu.edu.au/libcomp/ -----Original Message----- From: David Goodman <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 21:32:31 -0500 These are apparently self-published titles. As they may be essentially worthless in the first place, I can not see how a public library paying to buy them or to buy access to them is spending money wisely no matter how favorable the terms. This is not a positive precedent for anything. David Goodman On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 4:51 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: Ann Okerson <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 16:22:10 -0500 > > Of possible interest, Peter Brantley's blog posting about a public > library's of purchase 10,000 books with a simple statement of > understanding: > > http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/PWxyz/2013/01/06/digital-lendi > ng-in-agreement/ > > ####