College Libraries Face Steep Ebook Price Increases

Academic libraries are trying to process major price increases from publishers for access to their ebooks, The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. Publishers of academic content are increasing the cost of access to ebooks for college libraries by as much as 300 percent this summer.

Last week, Boston.com explored the relationship between public libraries and the publishing industry in the digital age, especially as it pertains to ebooks. Consumers and institutions like libraries do not buy ebooks from publishers. Instead, they buy a license to access the book.