[Lyrarl] Improved discount for UPSO ebook offer

[Celeste Feather]

Yesterday I announced the extension of the response deadline for the Oxford UPSO offer from February 28 to March 15. I've also been working with OUP to extend a deeper discount to all participating libraries at the outset as a way to guarantee lower prices at the start, and I'm pleased to share the news that today they have agreed to do just that.

The offer you've all been reviewing established the initial discount for all of the publisher and subject collections at UPSO at 15% off list, and Oxford has now agreed to offer all participating libraries a minimum of 25% off list. That discount may still increase on a sliding scale if we get enough participants. I'm hopeful that the new guarantee of at least 25% off list will help some additional libraries afford these collections.

As we all do cost comparisons among the three offers (HUP, MUSE 2013, and UPSO) we are considering now through the ARL Licensing Initiative, it's clear that the UPSO collections have a higher per title cost even at the deeper discount levels available if we manage to gather a large group. A key reason for this reality is that the OUP titles and those from many of their partner presses start out in the print world at a higher average cost than titles from other university presses. Discounts for all of these ebook collections are traceable in some fashion to the print prices. Analysis of these ebook collection offers makes it easier to see the cost differences among the publishers that have existed for a long time in the print realm.

As always, let me know if you have any questions.

Celeste

Celeste Feather
Licensing Program Account Manager
LYRASIS
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From: lyrarl-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org [mailto:lyrarl-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org] On Behalf Of Celeste Feather
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 2:37 PM
To: LYRASIS ARL Collection Development Contacts
Subject: [Lyrarl] UPSO offer deadline extended to March 15

At our request, Oxford has agreed to extend the deadline for orders for the UPSO collections to March 15, 2013. I hope this will give everyone considering these collections a little more time to respond. We knew the timeframe was tight, and I'm pleased that Oxford was able to provide two more weeks for consideration.

Celeste

Celeste Feather
Licensing Program Account Manager
LYRASIS
celeste.feather at lyrasis.org<mailto:celeste.feather at lyrasis.org>
800-999-8558 ext. 2954 (Toll-free)
678-235-2954 (Direct)
404-550-6459 (Cell)
celeste.feather (Skype)

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From: lyrarl-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org<mailto:lyrarl-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org> [mailto:lyrarl-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org] On Behalf Of Celeste Feather
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 9:46 AM
To: LYRASIS ARL Collection Development Contacts
Subject: [Lyrarl] Reminder re UPSO offer deadline of Feb. 28

I'm aware of lots of conversations about the University Press Scholarship Online offer (detailed memo attached), but we do not yet have very many expression of interest forms or order commitments. Here's a reminder that we need to gather orders by Feb. 28 so that we can determine the final level of discount for all participants.

I'd like to gather feedback too, so if you've considered the Oxford offer and decided not to pursue it, please drop me a line and let me know why. Any information received will help in my future conversations with OUP.

Thanks.

Celeste

Celeste Feather
Licensing Program Account Manager
LYRASIS
celeste.feather at lyrasis.org<mailto:celeste.feather at lyrasis.org>
800-999-8558 ext. 2954 (Toll-free)
678-235-2954 (Direct)
404-550-6459 (Cell)
celeste.feather (Skype)

www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/>

LYRASIS: Advancing Libraries Together.

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