From: Sunshine Carter <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 08:44:35 -0500

In my experience, ebooks purchased directly from publishers are usually DRM
free. Big publishers that provide us with DRM free books include Elsevier,
Wiley, Springer, JSTOR (and the list goes on and on...). In fact, I expect
DRM-free books when buying from a publisher directly. Typically DRM comes
with aggregated ebooks purchased from from EBSCO and Proquest, although
they are offering DRM free versions too. There are exceptions of course,
but I consider those to be outliers.

Sunshine
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Sunshine J. Carter
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Electronic Resources Librarian/ERM Unit Manager
University of Minnesota Libraries
309 19th Avenue S.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
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On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 8:37 PM LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>>
> Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 21:14:43 -0400
>
> We saw a release today that Bloomsbury Publishing/Digital Resources is
> now offering its e-book collection through EBSCO’s GOBI platform.
> While liblicense-l doesn't normally post notices of new products for
> sale, this one caught my eye for offering “more than 8,000 individual
> DRM free eBooks across 22 subject areas and more than 170 eCollections
> available on Bloomsbury Collections.”
>
> Given that their collection embraces a variety of well-known ‘brands’
> (Arden Shakespeare, I.B. Tauris books), this is a noteworthy offer.
> Are there other major e-book offerings that are DRM free?  We'd be
> glad to hear of any, and also to receive comments on the approach for
> posting here.
>
> Ann Okerson
>