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The PI Newsletter

November 29, 2006 - PERTH, AUSTRALIA - YBP Library Services, the world’s leading provider of materials to academic libraries, has announced plans to market a comprehensive collection of ebooks in partnership with EBL. Slated for launch in the first half of 2007, the deal will make EBL’s growing list of over 40,000 ebook titles available to YBP’s library customers around the world.

EBL is unique among ebook aggregators because it enables a high level of flexibility to libraries. With EBL’s patent-pending lending method, libraries have the ability to lend the same ebook to multiple patrons simultaneously, and yet pay no more than the ebook list price. EBL enables a library to ‘rent’ an ebook to satisfy a unique patron request, without having to pay full price or to wait for an inter-library loan. The system allows ‘virtual photocopying’ and other features that fully exploit the promise of digital books. EBL recently launched its "demand-driven acquisition" model that enables a library to display a vast range of titles to its patrons, while only having to pay for the books that are actually used.

Under the agreement, YBP will add EBL’s range of ebooks to its GOBI® online database, enabling YBP’s librarian customers to view and select ebooks alongside printed books, with no changes to the library’s existing workflow. The result will be a fully integrated library acquisition process, from selection and profiling to ordering and invoicing.

"YBP is excited to expand our econtent acquisition options with the EBL product. Their unique business model and targeted academic content provide a great alternative for academic libraries around the world" noted Linda Gagnon, Senior VP Sales & Marketing, YBP Library Services. "Our customers want ebook choices and we are pleased to integrate this source of content into GOBI collection development and acquisitions tools."

EBL’s President, Kari Paulson, said, "We’re very excited about this partnership. YBP is renowned for its high level of customer service and its industry expertise. The accelerating pace of ebook adoption makes it very important for librarians to be able to acquire ebooks seamlessly. Librarians have been asking us when we’ll be integrating with GOBI, and we are delighted to be able to satisfy that demand."

About EBL
EBL is a division of Ebooks Corporation Limited, an Australian public company. Developed in close collaboration with leading academic and research libraries, EBL’s non-linear lending model has been widely adopted. Due to its flexible pricing and demand-driven access options, and broad selection of over 40,000 titles from leading international publishers, demand for EBL has grown amongst corporate, government and law libraries.

About YBP Library Services
YBP Library Services, a Baker & Taylor company, provides books and supporting collection management and technical services to academic, research, and special libraries in North America and around the world. GOBI®, YBP's online, interactive bibliographic information service, provides access to 2.0 million titles in an English-language database. YBP's corporate headquarters are in Contoocook, New Hampshire, USA. Further information about the company is available on their web site, www.ybp.com.