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The purpose of this paper is to assert that libraries should actively seek and request alternatives to purchasing older ebook content rather than buying large ebook backlists. Currently publishers are offering the equivalent of the “big deal” with monographs through ebook backlists, and this is not a model that can or should be sustained by libraries.

This paper discusses experience the author gained through evaluating major ebook backlist promotional offers from 2012 and 2013, reviews library literature concerning ebook use, and reviews current purchase methods such as patron‐driven acquisition and firm ordering as alternatives to purchasing large ebook backlist packages.

There does not appear to be agreement in library literature about use and preference for ebooks, but there does appear to be a consensus that users expect the availability of ebook content. However, that expectation is not reason enough to purchase older content in large quantities in a format that still has problematic limitations. Patron‐driven acquisition and targeted firm ordering allow libraries to buy older content in ebook format with more information about the need for that content. Also, publishers should become more involved in offering alternatives to ebook backlist purchase models.

This discussion sheds light on the fact that while the ebook format may be new, the content and the purchase models often are not. Libraries need to advocate for effective purchase models now rather than becoming dependent on publishers to provide content libraries already own.

Tax evasion and money laundering have become important sources of illicit financial flows in developing countries. Foreign capital flows used by shell corporates are generally with no real economic activities but motivated by harmful tax practices, thereby inducing loss of revenue for developing countries. Despite the coercive actions, such as backlisting of noncooperative jurisdictions to anti-money laundering and countering terrorism financing standards, illicit financial activities are still eroding the tax base in developing countries. The purpose of the paper is to assess the blacklisting effectiveness as a coercive policy against illicit financial activities.

This paper applies a propensity score matching strategy to a sample of 118 developing jurisdictions from 2009 to 2017 to evaluate changes in illicit financial activities following the blacklisting.

The results show that rather than altering illicit inflows in blacklisted countries, financial restrictions have produced the inverse, causing a boomerang effect on financial crime activities. The illicit share of capital inflows increases on average by 6 percentage points and 0.7% of GDP following the blacklisting. These results are robust to alternative matching methods and to the hidden bias problem.

Most of the previous research analyzed the link between blacklisting and fiscal revenues. However, here, the study analyzes whether blacklisting makes countries more cooperative in terms of fighting illicit financial flows.

The purpose of this paper is to examine usage trends during the first four years of the implementation of the Springer Book Archives (SBA) at the University of Melbourne. The paper assesses the benefits of the SBA against perceptions at the time of purchase and seeks to evaluate the long-term value of the purchase.

The methodology included a literature search to identify issues in the adoption of large backlists of ebooks, examination of detailed usage data supplied in COUNTER complaint spreadsheets and tables by Springer, validating findings with librarians and academics and positing next steps.

Usage of ebooks, like other electronic resources, is difficult to predict. Resources expected to be used, may not be and vice versa. Access to large aggregations of electronic content creates new opportunities for teaching and research, additional economies and benefits, as well as unexpected outcomes.

Detailed data on user profiles were not available and an evaluation of user perceptions was not possible at this time.

The literature review suggests that this is the only published study of institutional usage of the SBA at this time.

The American trade‐book industry offers a rather unique challenge for the application of theories and principles of competitive strategy. Despite the mergers with and acquisitions by publishing and entertainment conglomerates: (a) publishing housing (and their imprints, or divisions) continue to be small; (b) profit margins are low; (c) the synergy that was expected by the mergers into multimedia and entertainment companies has not been achieved; and, (d) the trade‐book industry continues to defy the predictions that electronic and other media will totally absorb and eclipse physical books.

Early in March 1984, between two blizzards that struck the Midwest only a few days apart, I was in Indianapolis to address a group of public and school librarians on “The Publishing Industry.” It was a symposium described in the conference program as intended “for anyone who has tried to purchase a book that was suddenly out of print or out of stock.” Judging from the audience size, blizzards notwithstanding, and the interest as expressed through audience comments and questions over the length of the three‐hour meeting, there are a lot of people in Indiana's libraries who have tried to buy books that are “suddenly” O.P. or O.S., just as there are all over the rest of the country. Particularly for those who buy books to build and maintain collections for young readers—both children and young adults—however, obtaining materials for those collections has become an exercise in frustration almost unequalled in acquisition of any other kind of library materials, with the possible exception of hard‐cover “classics.”

Whether trying to find a scientific treatise or a children's book on pencils, the acquisition librarian sooner or later comes to a dead stop before those ubiquitous headaches called “out‐of‐print”and “out‐of‐stock.” There seems to be no way to determine what is o.p. or what is o.s. or how publishers decide the fate of a book. Or is there? Well, the question about o.p. policy and procedures was put to 30 well‐known American publishers. Slightly over 60 percent replied to the letter. The result confirms the librarian's worst suspicion: there is no firm policy or procedure. There is an understanding books go o.p. or o.s. when sales diminish.

The purpose of this paper is to examine recent trends that have affected university presses (UPs). The increased reliance on digital resources and fiscal constraints within higher education has forced UPs to re-evaluate their position with the scholarly communication system. Responses include an increased focus on partnerships, new forms of publication, changing business models and better meeting customers’ needs.

The authors have reviewed publications on UPs from the past five years and added their viewpoints on current and future trends.

UPs must adapt to resource scarcity and current trends in scholarly communication to remain viable.

Both UPs and academic libraries may gain insights on how to meet the needs of researchers and scholars within a changing environment.

This paper summarizes and evaluates a broad spectrum of research on UPs.

Firstly let's briefly look at what a Library Supplier does. Library Suppliers serve libraries—the major services provided are:

I have been attending the American Booksellers Association Convention for several years. This annual convention, usually held over Memorial Day weekend, attracts booksellers and publishers from all over the world as well as many editors, librarians and others interested in books and publishing. This year's convention, held in Miami Beach, featured over 3000 booths—displaying books, magazines, audio cassettes, videos, bookstore display equipment and other items stocked in bookstores such as calendars, bookmarks and book lights.

The purpose of this article is to inform the reader about the collection development principles, the use of technology, the history, and usefulness of ACLS Humanities E‐book.

The approach adopted is a brief history, overview, and review of ACLS Humanities E‐book.

ACLS Humanities E‐book combines a carefully selected collection of academic monographs related to the humanities with a straightforward user‐interface.

The paper offers information about the collection, most important, its collection development model and the considerable value and utility of ACLS Humanities E‐book for researchers and libraries.