Laura McMahon, from Overdrive, presented on what a consortial magazine subscription might look like for the NDAC and answered questions.
Highlights
- Cost = $10,000 annually for the consortium, which will be split among participating libraries.
- 15% discount for the 1st year ($8,500) with a 2-year subscription commitment.
- Billing = 2 options
- Option 1 – Billing portion will be automatically removed from each participating library’s content credit and applied to the consortium subscription cost.
- Option 2 - Overdrive will purchase the content credit on each participating library’s behalf, generating an invoice. That content credit would then be reserved and ultimately applied to the magazine subscription.
- Option 1 – Billing portion will be automatically removed from each participating library’s content credit and applied to the consortium subscription cost.
- Over 5,000 magazines are included with the subscription. They are available for simultaneous use with no circulation caps.
- Subscription expires 1 year after purchase date.
- Magazine titles can be curated into collections or hidden from view.
- Marketing kit is available for promoting the magazines.
Please contact Laura (lmcmahon@overdrive.com) with additional questions about the subscription or to request access to the demo site.