Knowledge Rights 21 Announces Launch of an “eBook Pledge” For Publishers, Libraries, and Authors

From a KR21 Post:

Today we launch an eBook pledge calling on publishers to sign up and adopt a set of principles laid out therein, while of course continuing to support more user-friendly models, including open eBooks. We also call on libraries and consortia to adopt the eBook pledge principles when negotiating with publishers. By making these principles part of the agreements they sign, including the rights to acquire titles, engage in collection development, preserve collections, and lend to the public and other libraries, libraries can continue to be beacons for the dissemination of knowledge in the 21st Century.

The pledge has been prepared in the context of the Knowledge Rights 21 Programme with the engagement of the Authors Alliance and Library Futures. We are organisations that work to promote constructive relationships and the upholding of mutual interests between libraries and publishers in the eBook space, as well as to uphold the interest authors have in reaching new readers.

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Publishers:  We ask that you sign up to the pledge.

Libraries and Consortia: We ask that you adopt these principles in your negotiations with publishers.

Authors: We ask that you adopt these principles in your negotiations and discussions with publishers.

Learn Much More, Read the Complete KR21 Post

Direct to eBook Pledge Website

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