Wiley misfires with an unprecedented PR crisis-management move

Authors rarely know what happens with their works once they have been published so when Wiley recently withdrew over 1300 ebook titles from library collections we and Authors Alliance decided to tell them. Wiley was already under pressure to rethink their practices, thanks to the Library Association of Ireland and others securing coverage in the … Continue reading Wiley misfires with an unprecedented PR crisis-management move

Wiley ebook withdrawals denounced by authors

Authors of the books recently withdrawn from university libraries by their publisher Wiley, are putting their names to a letter co-written by Authors Alliance and #ebookSOS, calling on Wiley to change their practices. The text of the letter can be read here. We’re still working on reaching out to all of the individual authors of … Continue reading Wiley ebook withdrawals denounced by authors

Wiley backtracks – but only for nine months…

Wiley released a statement yesterday announced they would be returning the withdrawn 1,379 ebooks to the ProQuest Academic Complete package in response to librarian, author, student and organisational pressure - but only until June 2023. Whilst #ebookSOS welcomes this news and counts it as a success for our collective action and sustained pressure (with particular … Continue reading Wiley backtracks – but only for nine months…

Wiley: student unions condemn publisher’s actions and editor resigns in protest

In the wake of the Irish library associations' statement on the outrageous behaviour of Wiley (and ProQuest, who apparently sat on the news of the withdrawals for two years before informing libraries), the news has made the Irish press and galvanised student unions. The issue has been reported in the Irish Examiner twice, once on … Continue reading Wiley: student unions condemn publisher’s actions and editor resigns in protest

Irish library associations condemn publisher Wiley’s removal of hundreds of titles from ebook collections – can we expect a similar position from UK sector bodies?

The #ebookSOS campaign applauds and echoes today's joint statement from the Library Association of Ireland, the Consortium of National and University Libraries, the Irish Universities' Association Librarians' Group and the Technological Higher Education Association Librarians' Group, condemning the recent move by Wiley to remove over 1000 key titles from key subscription packages. For further background … Continue reading Irish library associations condemn publisher Wiley’s removal of hundreds of titles from ebook collections – can we expect a similar position from UK sector bodies?

Wiley withdrawing key ebook titles from library collections – evidence required please

A conversation was bought to our attention on Twitter a few days ago that went like this - In June my library was told that Wiley would be removing 1,379 ebooks from our subscription packages. Because many of these books were heavily used, we looked into purchasing them with perpetual access but were told they … Continue reading Wiley withdrawing key ebook titles from library collections – evidence required please