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Case Study Part 2: Apples, Oranges, and Pears

Case Study Part 2: Apples, Oranges, and Pears
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Copyright: 2018
Pages: 25
Source title: Measuring the Validity of Usage Reports Provided by E-Book Vendors: Emerging Research and Opportunities
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Aiping Chen-Gaffey (Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, USA)and Heather Getsay (Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3238-5.ch004

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Abstract

Apart from the overall success of COUNTER Release 4 in further enabling e-book vendors to provide standardized usage reports, some major “roadblocks” remain. The fact that publishers and vendors of e-books deliver their products differently led to COUNTER's development of book reports to cover the diversity of e-book platforms. Consequently, COUNTER allows vendors to choose between BR1 and BR2, and other “alternatives.” What are the consequences when COUNTER provides vendors with choices among the standard book reports, while the “alternatives” are not quite the same? Chapter 4, the second part of case study, examines COUNTER data in detail. It explores the implications of the fact that vendors do not provide same COUNTER book reports and/or implement the COUNTER standards differently. The chapter identifies issues in interpreting vendor-provided COUNTER reports with examples and data illustrations.

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