Strategically Speaking: Is Digital Printing 'Ready for Prime Time'?
5 factors that may suggest a faster move to digital book manufacturing.
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4. Patron-driven acquisition. In an era of uncertain funding levels, many libraries are turning to a new business model: patron-driven acquisition (PDA).
PDA is a response to circulation statistics that suggest that many of the books acquired by libraries never leave the stacks. It postpones the decision to purchase a book until a demand has been identified by one of the library's clients. Automatic purchases under approval plans are rapidly becoming a fond memory. Sales that could be counted on in years gone by now become a matter of speculation, which does not make for reliable inventory forecasts.
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