tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428618.post2230827578148617522..comments2024-01-20T00:59:08.689+00:00Comments on Brave New World: PLR in a Digital AgeMartyn Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02134633193540004531noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428618.post-51105228692763326882010-09-03T07:03:47.854+00:002010-09-03T07:03:47.854+00:00I like the statement wrriten by you,Interesting
Pr...I like the statement wrriten by you,Interesting<br /><a href="http://www.plrprivatelabelrights.com" rel="nofollow">Private Label Rights</a>yardleyscotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07356734016698679761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428618.post-48441615828441851352009-08-18T10:54:05.784+00:002009-08-18T10:54:05.784+00:00Martin i think much of what you say is logical and...Martin i think much of what you say is logical and tripping forward into just extending PLR may not be the right thing. The other point is that PLR is a fixed sum to be dispersed across all with a cap on the maximum given any one indidivual so it isn't as if we are going to get a bigger pot.Martyn Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02134633193540004531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428618.post-26057845861680779002009-08-18T10:08:45.954+00:002009-08-18T10:08:45.954+00:00There are several problems with extending the PLR ...There are several problems with extending the PLR into the digital arena. Among them:<br /><br />- The PLR in its present form only compensates authors for lost income on public lending. I don't understand why it doesn't also compensate publishers who also lose and are typically equal financial partners in the book, for good reason. <br /><br />- Extending the PLR to ebooks extends flawed thinking which often happens when you try to take a norm from one medium and extend it to another. Publishers and authors need to reconsider the common system of selling an ebook outright, one-time to a library for no recurring income, as if it were equivalent to selling a paper book. It isn't. Ebooks never wear out. You don't need as many of them since they are easily discoverable. That means each book can be loaned more efficiently, more often, and to a much larger catchment area because there's no travel or freight involved. <br /><br />- And if ebooks are loaned free, delivered with a click to comfortable, high quality ebook readers (no clumsy PCs any more) from home, office or whereever you are, they will compete much more strongly with paid copies than the present paper books borrowed from libraries. Why click to pay when you can click for free? Ownership won't be as important to an 'e' reader as it is to 'p' reader. There's no emotional attachment to a comouter file. So the irony is that the institutions that ought to care about preserving and strengthening literary culture may end up undermining its financial base.<br /><br />The solution is to shift the digital library model from a one-time sale to a subscription or rental model. Libraries can still purchase paper books, either from commercial print runs or from print on demand deals.<br /><br />Shifting to a recurring payment model will ensure that publishers and authors are fairly compensated and the PLR will be unnecessary. <br /><br />Publishers and authors need to move to this model sooner rather than later before too many indestructible ebooks end up in the library world, owned by libraries who will pay Overdrive or Gardners subscription fees for their technology to continue accessing these ebooks but not a penny will be returned to the author or publisher who will have received their small one-time payment. <br /><br />We really don't need to be at the whim of the benevolent taxpayer with some sort of PLR when a perfectly equitable and simple commercial solution is available for immediate implementation.Martin Taylorhttp://activitypress.com/ereportnoreply@blogger.com