Information Management Best Practices: Taking The Pulse On E-Books

This Briefing provides a snapshot of recent developments in the e-book market and presents directional data on e-book adoption and use among corporate and government information management (IM) functions.

This Briefing covers:
- Major developments in 2006 that marked a strengthening e-book landscape
- Benchmarks and current practices for e-book acquisition, licensing, spending, collection integration, and users’ perceived value
- Reasons why e-book adoption is on the rise
- Top aggregators of STM and Business & Management e-books
- Current and preferred methods for buying or licensing e-books
- Methods for accessing e-books and building e-book collections
- Outsell’s imperatives, including making e-books part of the vendor portfolio strategy