@article{Newton Miller_2015, title={Print Books are Cheaper than E-Books for Academic Libraries}, volume={10}, url={https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/eblip/index.php/EBLIP/article/view/24765}, DOI={10.18438/B8RS3N}, abstractNote={A Review of:<br> Bailey, T. P., Scott, A. L., & Best, R. D. (2015). Cost differentials between e-books and print in academic libraries. College & Research Libraries, 76(1), 6-18. doi: 10.5860/crl.76.1.2<br> <br> Abstract<br> <br> Objective – To determine the difference in cost (if any) between print and e-book titles for an academic library.<br> <br> Design – Case study.<br> <br> Setting – Library system of a small, regional university in the southern United States of America. <br> <br> Subjects – 264 titles requested by faculty (out of 462 total requests) that were available in both print and electronic format.<br> <br> Method – Using Baker & Taylor’s Title Source 3 (now Title Source 360), the researchers compared pricing between the print version (paperback preferred) and electronic version (single user only) of titles requested by faculty during the Fall 2012 semester.<br> <br> Main Results – As a whole, print titles had a mean price of $53.50 and electronic equivalent titles had a mean price of $73.50 (a $19.17 difference). Only 44 of the 264 e-book titles were less expensive than their print equivalents. When broken down by LC classification, e-books were generally more expensive than print across all subjects except for religion and philosophy (BJ-BY) and the social sciences (H-HV). Average prices for both print and electronic were cheaper for university press publications versus non-university press publications. (This was true for both arithmetic and weighted means.) Humanities books were the least expensive (mean cost/print title), but the average e-book cost was slightly higher than the social sciences. Science books were most expensive (average) both in print and electronic.<br> <br> Conclusion – On average, print books are cheaper than e-books for academic libraries.}, number={3}, journal={Evidence Based Library and Information Practice}, author={Newton Miller, Laura}, year={2015}, month={Sep.}, pages={91–92} }