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The presentation gives impressions of the daily work of consortial acquisition and consortial management of e-ressources, taking the Library Center of the federal state of North-Rhine Westphalia (hbz) in Cologne/Germany as an example for a regional consortia leader. The consortial landscape in Germany is described. The e-book market is shown as a dynamic, but still emerging market with not yet fully developed business models for e-book consortia. Some of the characteristics of the e-book market are explained, and some features of rivalry and collaboration between academic consortia and commercial library suppliers and agencies are hinted to.