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An Ambitious Plan To Sell Electronic Books.
Kiernan, Vincent – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1999
A group of entrepreneurs is promoting an ambitious commercial venture to sell electronic books to university libraries. The library can buy an electronic copy of the book for the print version's price; provide users access through special formatting and software, allowing users to highlight and annotate but not print; and restrict access to one…
Descriptors: Access to Information, College Libraries, Computer Software, Electronic Libraries