Ridiculous disparity with ebook pricing #ebooksos most ebook versions are out of the price range for many FE institutions!

'eBooks cost more because of the added functionality'
This is how the text was rendered on an eBook from Proquest. It's an almost unreadable mess and makes my brain hurt 😖
#ebookSOS

💡 Boost eLending awareness! Ariadna Matas (she/her) (@Europeanaeu/FESABID) emphasises the need for librarians to understand the benefits of controlled digital lending ( #CDL ). Let’s empower them to act!
📺 Check out our webinar recording: youtu.be/Jtra9TQxibM
#eLending #eBookSOS #eBooks

💪 Unmet needs in #libraries hinder more than just patron satisfaction! @[email protected] (@freiheitsrechte) stresses the broader implications for #authors & publishers when access falls short. Let's bridge the gap for better access!
📺 Webinar recording: youtu.be/Jtra9TQxibM
#eBookSOS

Rachel Bickley- 2020 highlighted the ebook problem in universities- accessibility, cost and access to information #ebooksos #NLSX

Made with the highest quality Italian leather electrons no doubt. #ebooksos

You think the pros of ebooks would include getting it on a kindle, or downloading a chapter to your phone.
Publishers be like like:
‘sit at your desktop & enjoy 10 pages at a time you peasants’

Beginning to wonder if these ebooks have been made in MS paint circa 1993
#ebooksos

Today in - 'you're paying for all the added functionality in eBooks'

Book index is a separate PDF.
Each Chapter is a separate PDF.
There's no whole book download option.
The contents list doesn't include chapter page numbers.
#ebookSOS

… einen textbaustein, den die fachreferent:innen auf wunsch bei entsprechenden titeln angeben lassen können. ein erstes beispiel: hbz-ulbms.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/49HB…
#ebookSOS #fachreferatsfreitag

#NewProfilePic so important to support
Internet Archive. They preserve so much of the web as well as disseminating books worldwide. Show your support at battleforlibraries.com!

A lot of links between this battle in the US and #ebooksos in Ireland

#DigitalRightsForLibraries

💡Wonder why we need an #eBookSOS movement across Europe and beyond? Cathal McCauley (@LAIonline) makes a compelling case for taking action on #eBooks  
Watch his KR21 Knowledge Capsule & discover more at knowledgerights21.org/kr21-knowledge… 
#KnowledgeCapsules #eLending #Libraries

Great that the TCD Students' Union 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈 motion on supporting the #ebooksos campaign passed Union of Students in Ireland Congress #USI24 .

Still not sure what to read this summer? Check out #WalledCulture - the book: in paperback & free digital copies. One way content is being walled in 🧱, Glyn Moody explains, are the practices by big publishers to curtail #eBooks 👇
walledculture.org/the-book/
#eBookSOS #FreeEbook

1761, Rousseau published his novel Julie it became very popular. Printers couldn’t keep up with demand and booksellers rented out copies by the hour. We are now in an era of ambient info and access & still renting, though rents have increased somewhat #ebookSOS

noch ein nachtrag zum #fachreferatsfreitag für diese woche, geschäftsbereich #erwerbung : eine kollegin aus unserem dezernat medienbearbeitung hat mir diese mail zu einer meiner bestellungen geschickt. ich habe mich dann für die taschenbuchausgabe entschieden ... #ebookSOS

Interesting figures from University of Michigan Press Charles Watkinson (he/him/his) on spike in OA book usage in autumn and spring. Demonstrates use in teaching #EbookSOS #FiesoleRetreat23

#eBookPledge aims to protect libraries & authors from publishers’ growing abuse of copyright: for Glyn Moody any publisher that values authors and regards itself as helping to nurture culture should sign-up
#eBooks #eBookSOS #publishers #libraries #authors
walledculture.org/ebook-pledge-a…

Shoutout to the #ebookSOS campaign! We don’t want to be forced down the expensive eTextbooks route. We can also lobby for improved Digitisation rights. #BLA23

Our imprint Ubiquity Press has signed the #eBookPledge ! We encourage other publishers to look into the pledge and to consider doing the same, to support libraries' digital access and acknowledge the crucial role they play. 📚📖 #OA #OpenAccess #openbooks #eBookSOS #ebooks