From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 14:24:51 +0000 >If that were the case, then some books presumably would have sold ONLY >to libraries. No, that doesn¹t follow. A book that "virtually no one needs to use or wants to read" may be purchased by a bunch of libraries and a handful of individuals. "Virtually no one" is an intentionally imprecise phrase. The question isn¹t whether these books are completely useless to everyone in the world. The question is whether they offer enough value to a large enough number of people to justify the cost and effort of publishing them in the traditional way. --- Rick Anderson Assoc. Dean for Scholarly Resources & Collections Marriott Library, University of Utah [log in to unmask]