The relationship between #university #presses, e-book #vendors, and academic #libraries: A platform theory analysis
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09610006231185883
#ebooks #academiclibraries #publishing #universitypresses
1/2
cc @Bernardpo @jdfr
"We observe a market structure for HSS e-books where most presses were satisfied with Big Four e-book vendors, including Project #MUSE, #EBSCO, #ProQuest, and #JSTOR, and lacked strong incentives to search for new e-book vendors. We find that most presses often treat libraries, including the one from the same institution, as their customers with limited interactions"
2/2