Ross Balharrie - Indyreads and readers advisory
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indyreads ™ New streams of content…. Ross Balharrie March 2017
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What is indyreads™?
• 2016 in partnership with Leichhardt Public Library & Parramatta City Library the SLNSW undertook a trial of a local eContent management platform & a new license agreement model.
• indyreads™ pilot aimed to evaluate:– A local eContent Management Platform with the capabilities to host digital content and apply
DRM as required
– A new licensing model to facilitate the acquisition of local digital content directly from community publishers and authors
– The role of the public library as a community aggregator and facilitator of locally important digital content
indyreads Local Content
The changing face of publishing
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50000100000150000200000250000300000
49,000 titles
290,000 titles
Indie & Small Press Publishing United States
2009 2012
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500,0001,000,0001,500,0002,000,0002,500,0003,000,000
29,000
2,700,000
Self Published Titles United States
2004 2010
Impressive numbers, but what are the implications?
• What are the implications of the evolving publishing sector for:
– Public libraries?– Our communities?– Readers advisory services?
• Should we be collecting self published and small press titles?
• Question: what are your thoughts on self published titles and the output of small independent publishers?
Self Publishing
Creative Commons Licensed image https://www.flickr.com/photos/piddysplace/231611203
Trends and observations!
• Library Journal (2017) “Indie and self-published books are doing phenomenally well in the consumer market, accounting for 80% of Amazon’s bestsellers”
• Small Australian publishers are increasingly specializing in literary fiction and poetry.
• Self Publishing genre fiction (romance, mystery, science-fiction & fantasy) is the domain of increasingly successful authors which attract an avid fan base of voracious readers
• 19% of Australian Authors surveyed in a Macquarie University study have self published a book in the past 12 months
Diverse voices in literature
• Lee & Low (2015): “the number of diverse books published each year (traditional press) over the past twenty years has been stuck in neutral, never exceeding, on average, 10 percent”.
• Jamie LaRue (2016) “many of the new works which are being produced (small press & self published) are diverse”
Indyreads™ available in late 2017
• Statewide consortia collection of Australian and international works from independent publishers and a collection of self published titles.
• Self publishing workshop templates for those services interested in connecting with established and aspiring community authors.
• SelfE is a US model which is a collaboration between
Detailed overview of indyreads™ & keynote presentation by Jamie LaRue on diversity.
NSW.net Digital Frontiers Seminar : https://www.nswnet.net/blog/digital-frontiers-seminar-2016-ross-balharrie
Information online: https://informationonline.alia.org.au/content/indyreads-local-approach-econtent-licensing-aggregation-and-access
Jamie LaRue: From Gatekeeper to Gardener: Creative Destruction and the Library. https://www.nswnet.net/blog/digital-frontiers-seminar-2016-keynote-jamie-larue
Thank you!
Questions?
Ross BalharrieA/Lead NSW.net [email protected]
Questions:Ross BalharrieNSW.net Services Delivery [email protected] 1498
