Apologies for the spamming, but this got buried in the thread on post. I am interested to hear folks take on this, and it appears Jessica reached a similar conclusion at the same time:
Just a thought experiment here... I understand that smaller distributors do not want to devalue their collections by cherry picking individual titles for substantially lowered costs and am sensitive to Jessica's claim that lowering prices would not necessarily make up for lost sales in terms of volume. You gotta give us video librarians a fighting chance. Challenging times call for creative solutions. So I propose we crowd source this thing...in the spirit of Elizabeth Stanley, we need a Groupon/Social Living service for Indies/educational media. Picture it: for one day (or week) only, The Strange Disappearance of Bees is $200 or The Big Sellout is $100 (PPR negotiated separately if needed). Let's say price predicated on collective volume sales of at least 50 units, offer ends at 500 takers. Only 5 titles can go up at any given point, and only once a year. Open to all filmmakers/distributors targeting the academic market (with a small percentage of sales recouped for promotion and maintenance). Thoughts? -Scott -- Scott Spicer Media Outreach and Learning Spaces Librarian University of Minnesota Libraries - Twin Cities 341 Walter Library spic0...@umn.edu 612.626.0629 Media Services: lib.umn.edu/media SMART Learning Commons: smart.umn.edu
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