ALPSP eBooks Collection

Welcome to the ALPSP eBook Collection

The ALPSP eBook Collection (AeBC) is a compilation of specialist titles offered by members of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), many of whom are specialized society, academic and university presses with a specific subject area focus. The AeBC is made up of cross-publisher subject collections.

The collections are released twice a year. The ‘Series 1 Collection’ participating publishers include:

Many of the titles available in the AeBC have not been previously available as eBooks. The ALPSP subject collections offer libraries an attractive solution to help meet growing demand to build eBook holdings in specific subject areas. It also means that ALPSP publishers can compete to sell multi-title collections which are usually the preserve of larger commercial publishers.

The AeBC is available exclusively through Ingram Digital’s MyiLibrary® platform.

About the AeBC

The ALPSP eBook Collection (AeBC) is a collection of e-books from small and medium-sized ALPSP full member publishers. In 2007 ALPSP surveyed its members to gauge their interest in participating in a joint collection. Having sought guidance from its membership as to the importance of e-books, following an extensive tender process, Ingram Digital was selected to host the AeBC on their MyiLibrary® aggregated e-book platform and market the AeBC through their global network of distributors.

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About ALPSP
ALPSP's mission is to play an active part in shaping the future of academic and professional communication. At this time of unprecedented change in the publishing environment, it believes that nonprofit publishers have a unique role to play. It therefore aims to serve, represent and strengthen the community of nonprofit publishers, and those who work with them. The association provides advocacy and representation, international coverage, cooperative initiatives, professional development through training courses and events, as well as good practice guidelines and information and advice. The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) is the world’s largest trade association for scholarly and professional publishers. It has over 350 organizational members in 37 countries who collectively publish over 10,000 journals – around half the world’s total - as well as books, databases and other products. ALPSP's mission is to connect, train and inform the scholarly and professional publishing community and to be an advocate on behalf of the non-profit publishing sector. ALPSP plays an active part in shaping the future of academic and professional communication, promoting 'Scholarship-Friendly Publishing'. At this time of unprecedented change in the publishing environment, we serve, represent and strengthen the community of non-profit publishers, and those who work with them. ALPSP is headquartered in the UK and has active Chapters in North America and Australia / New Zealand. For more information, visit www.alpsp.org.

About Ingram Digital
Ingram Digital is an Ingram Content company. Together with Ingram Book Group and Lightning Source Inc., the Ingram Content Companies provide a broad range of physical and digital services to the book industry. Ingram Digital provides publishers and other content owners with a comprehensive offering of digital content accession, storage, management and distribution services. Ingram Digital currently has several solution platforms – including MyiLibrary® and VitalSource Technologies – which serve the institutional and educational markets respectively. In addition, Ingram Digital also serves the retail market with full e-book and audio book downloads as well as various search-and-discovery and marketing tools such as widgets. For more information, visit www.ingramdigital.com.

The Collection

Comprised of many unique titles from specialist publishers, the ALPSP eBook Collection (AeBC) is made up of subject collections. Participation in the collection is open to smaller and medium size ALPSP full-member publishers. Many of these society, academic and small university press publishers have not previously made their content available in electronic format.

The ‘Series 1 Collections’ were launched in January 2009 in partnership with Ingram Digital. New AeBC collections will be released every six months. The collections are available exclusively on Ingram Digital’s MyiLibrary® platform. Titles are licensed in perpetuity.

There are many reasons to select the AeBC for your institution’s resources:

Cross-publisher packages enabling an institution to pick and choose specific either subject sub-collections or the complete collection
Official publications from leading society, academic and specialist university press publishers
Exceptional value as not-for-profit publishers do not mark up their content
Collections made up of primarily front-list titles from participating publishers available in perpetuity
Access to content that is never off the shelf and is available from anywhere 24 hours a day
Flexible authentication for access to the MyiLibrary® platform to suit your organization preferences, including IP range, Shibboleth and Athens
Integration into OPAC systems, making it easy to find and view eBooks alongside your other information resources, supported by quality MARC records
Comprehensive COUNTER compliant reporting on e-book usage activity
No proprietary e-book reader required
The collection can be enhanced and is cross-searchable with any of the 175,000 e-books available for purchase on MyiLibrary®.

For Publishers

Designed specifically for small and medium-sized publisher members of ALPSP, the AeBC enables members to add eBooks to a complete collection and also a range of subject sub-collections so that they can be sold together as a significant group of titles to academic libraries worldwide. Participating publishers will receive a revenue share from sales in quarterly instalments. Uploading titles to the MyiLibrary® platform – if they are not already there - is free. Other benefits for members who decide to join the scheme have also been agreed with Ingram Digital and include:

Inclusion in best-of-breed subject collections, offered exclusively on the leading aggregated eBook platform, MyiLibrary®
Global distribution to libraries and other institutions through Ingram Digital’s distribution partners including Swets, Coutts Information Services and ProQuest
Access to Ingram Digital’s CoreSource digital asset management and distribution platform
Exclusive offers on print-on-demand from Lightning Source

It is ALPSP’s belief that this new cooperative service provides a valuable facility that allows members to compete on even terms with some of the larger publishers who are already making successful offerings of multi-title collections to the rapidly growing eBooks market. As a non-exclusive arrangement, titles can also be made available from publishers' own websites and elsewhere.

To obtain detailed information about joining the AeBC please contact:
Ruth Jones at Ingram Digital or Nick Evans at ALPSP.

Contact

Ingram Digital
For North America and Asia Pacific
Ingram Digital Inc
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LaVergne, TN
USA

Tel: +1 (615) 213-5400
Email: askingram@ingramdigital.com

For Europe, the Middle East and Africa
Ingram Digital Ltd.
County Gates House
300 Poole Road
Poole
BH12 1AZ
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)1202 753 230
Email: askinternational@ingramdigital.com

ALPSP
Nick Evans
Chief Operating Officer

Tel: +44 (0)20 8789 2394
Mobile: +44 (0)7793 559992
Email: nick.evans@alpsp.org