EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is making more than 70,000 EBSCO eBooks™ Digital Rights Management (DRM) free. The DRM-free initiative reinforces EBSCO's commitment to working with publishers to increase e-book options for libraries.
With thousands of DRM-free titles available, libraries can now purchase both DRM-free and DRM-protected e-books from EBSCO. Titles will be available on an unlimited concurrent user (UU) basis, and users will avoid any limitations on printing, saving, or downloading. No sign-in or Adobe ID will be required, and no special software will be needed to access these titles. Librarians will have the choice between the DRM-free unlimited user version of a title or a limited user model (1U or 3U) with standard DRM-protection, enabling them to maximise their budgets and customise their collections to meet user demand. Users will enjoy quick, intuitive access to both PDF and EPUB DRM-free downloads, either for the entire book or at the chapter level.
DRM-free EBSCO eBooks can be purchased on a title-by-title basis through preferred ordering services, including EBSCOhost Collection Manager (ECM), OASIS®, and GOBI®, the leading web-based acquisitions tool for academic libraries. Libraries that purchased limited concurrent user models can easily upgrade to the DRM-free versions.
In addition to the DRM-free initiative, EBSCO is committed to optimising the user experience for library patrons, and has made several enhancements to the EBSCO eBooks platform. A new chapter-download icon in the Table of Contents now allows users to download individual chapters easily, ensuring they can consume only the portions of the e-books they need for their research. Users may also export DRM-free content directly into Google Drive to streamline their research process. EBSCO continues to invest in several accessibility initiatives including viewer enhancements and support for EPUB, the technological standard for e-books, which enables links to end-of-chapter references, reflowable text, and is natively accessible to screen readers.
EBSCO eBooks offers access to the world's finest collection of e-book content, and is fully integrated with EBSCOhost® and EBSCO Discovery Service™. In addition to thousands of DRM-free titles, EBSCO eBooks offers more than one million high-quality e-books and 100,000 audiobooks from more than 1,500 major academic publishers and University Presses from around the world.
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