Wiley will be making changes to its digital rights management (DRM) policies and title availability for library eTextbooks available via ProQuest.
Below is a summary of the changes:
- To remove printing, copying, and downloading (including both chapter-level via pdf, and full title via Adobe Digital Editions)
- These changes will apply only to new purchases and will not impact libraries’ previous purchases.
- Wiley will not be making newly published textbooks available to libraries for perpetual purchase via Ebook Central. In other words, certain embargo period will be placed for new eTextbook purchase.
No specific start date for those changes is announced yet.