1. Te author, the publisher, the faculty member, the library, and the students can be accommodated by making sure that everyone gets what they need. The author needs to make a profit, the publisher needs to publish 1000 copies, the faculity member and the library need to use the book or parts or it in a classroom setting for a resonable price, and finally the students need the information for free or a little charge. All of these things need to be met to accommodate everyone.
2. An arrangement that would be fair to everybody would be to sell textbooks for students that wish to purchase them, then sell a few copies to the library, and a copy to the faculity member. This is fair since the author will make money from textbook sells, the publisher should publish enough books, the library and faculity member will have the book, and students can choose to buy the book or go to the library.
3. The challenges in making a fair arrangement for everybody is acess for everyone, money and getting enough books published. An example would be that in my arrangement above I didnt make it so that the book would be available online at the library, because even though acess would be easier, the author would make less and the publisher would publish less. The main challenge is meeting all the requiements.
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Isn't one of the biggest challenges "selling" enough books to make a profit? A publisher has to decide how many he can sell and publish that number; otherwise, he has books left over, meaning loss of revenue.
ReplyDeleteIt's also the case that costs of books are increasing for libraries, faculty, students, etc. Eliminating printing costs by providing e-books may appear to help, but the savings are often offset by the bigger copyright fees.
It will likely always be a difficult balancing act.