... the profitability of commercial publishers and their plans for expansion in the digital book market, and contrasts this with the continued financial hardships of public‐welfare academic publishers. Findings The problems for non‐profit academic publishers will not be solved by simply “going digital...

...Kirstin Steele Purpose The purpose of this column is to consider similarities of unwanted dogs and cats and books to be weeded, in order to find new destinations for discarded books. Design/methodology/approach The author applied the No Kill Declaration's underlying premise, that death should...

.... Design/methodology/approach The paper discusses Renton Technical College Library's experience with purchasing used books. Findings Benefits of purchasing used books are: lower cost, quicker fulfillment of orders, and a wider selection of available titles. Disadvantages include: rare issues with book...

...Philip James Calvert Purpose Some public libraries have experimented with selling withdrawn books via online auction sites, but there has been little exchange of information about the benefits of this and whether it is a practice other libraries could follow. This paper aims to address this issue...

...James W. Marcum Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe books as inventory and suggest lessons which can be learned from business. Design/methodology/approach Discusses inventory theory and how it pertains to libraries. Findings New books get most of their use in the first two...

...John Maxymuk Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss how some companies are scanning books to make the text fully searchable. Design/methodology/approach Discusses several cases of scanning books and fully searchable text. Findings By making so much forgotten text searchable...

...Marina I. Mercado; Kay A. Cassell Purpose To preview new titles showcased at Book Expo 2007 held in June in New York City. Design/methodology/approach The review is based on selecting for review that which was displayed by both mainstream and small presses. Findings Some predominant themes...

... Library Journal has put together the "LJ 100", a group drawn from the respondents to the 1998 first book buying survey. This group will provide annual data on budgets,circulation, and hot topics. Public libraries are projected to spend $766 million on books in FY99, out...