Douglas County, CO Libraries E-Book Model, Jamie LaRue Featured in Denver Post Article

Note: About a month ago, Jamie LaRue announced that he plans to leave Douglas County Libraries for the world of consulting.
From the Denver Post:

The public library system in Douglas County, where bedroom suburbs rub shoulders with century-old ranches, might seem an unlikely game-changer in the world of publishing.
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The Douglas County Model was developed by Douglas County Libraries director Jamie LaRue.
LaRue operates on the notion that libraries are better off with more, not fewer books. But as the popularity of e-books increased — more than one-fifth of Douglas County Libraries’ patrons preferred e-books to print books by the end of 2012, according to an in-house survey — so did their price.
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Mark Coker, who founded the independent distributor SmashWords.com, called LaRue a visionary.

Coker Continues:

The Douglas County Model doesn’t replace publishers. It offers a catalog of high-quality books, and it’s great content that’s available for library patrons.

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Additional Reading

See Also: Colorado: Jamie LaRue Leaving Director Position at Douglas County Libraries
See Also:  eBooks: An In-Depth Look at the Work of Jamie LaRue, Douglas County (Colorado) Libraries Director (June 29, 2013)
See Also: What’s the Problem with Self-Publishing? (April 13, 2013; by Josh Hadro, Library Journal)

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