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Mirela Roncevic

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Walled Culture

Rebecca Giblin

Carla King

Nathan Bransford

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Mike Shatzkin

Thad McIlroy

Bill Kasdorf

David Vandagriff

Jacob Wonderbar

Emmanuel Nataf

Dan Holloway

Jane Friedman

Nate Hoffelder

Orna Ross

Derek Doepker

OwlTail

Scholar, writer, editor, content developer, and publishing and library consultant, Mirela Roncevic talks about the long journey of open access and open science, how to pay for scholarly monographs, and the complex challenges of e-book lending.Key Takeaways:0:00 Intro1:54 Mirela talks about the open science movement, paywalls, and how researchers and their funders are trying to get around it 6:17 Mirela talks about what she feels is special about scholarly monographs and books and business models such as crowdfunding 10:42 Mirela talks about other interesting business models that have also emerged in this industry  15:24 Mirela talks about the digitization of books and making them accessible to people at home and if digitizing books can pose new copyright challenges and lawsuits that have been there 20:53 Mirela talks about e-book lending, what it is, how it works and how publishers not only use paywalls to restrict access, but also how they erect physical walls to block the access26:35 Mirela explains if roles of libraries in the digital world are not only facilitating or making sure that users have a proper nice experience but also encouraging new business models and experimenting30:04 Mirela talks about the particular moment when she hit the wall and knew that something was wrong and how she went around it 34:26 Mirela talks about digital rights management of the book publishing industry, what it is, how it works, when it works and when it doesn’t 40:34 Mirela talks about what she envisions the industry will look like in the next 10 years Shows Mentioned:Opening the Future: https://www.openingthefuture.net/ Knowledge Unlatched: http://knowledgeunlatched.org/ Subscribe to Open: https://subscribetoopencommunity.org/ Creative Commons licenses: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/ Guests Social Media Links: Website: https://www.mirelaroncevic.com/ Company’s Website: http://www.noshelfrequired.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mirelaroncevic/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/noshelfrequiredFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011368773357

Scholar, writer, editor, content developer, and publishing and library consultant, Mirela Roncevic talks about the long journey of open access and open science, how to pay for scholarly monographs, and the complex challenges of e-book lending. Key Takeaways: 0:00 Intro 1:54 Mirela talks about the open science movement, paywalls, and how researchers and their funders are trying to get around it  6:17 Mirela talks about what she feels is special about scholarly monographs and books and business models such as crowdfunding  10:42 Mirela talks about other interesting business models that have also emerged in this industry   15:24 Mirela talks about the digitization of books and making them accessible to people at home and if digitizing books can pose new copyright challenges and lawsuits that have been there  20:53 Mirela talks about e-book lending, what it is, how it works and how publishers not only use paywalls to restrict access, but also how they erect physical walls to block the access 26:35 Mirela explains if roles of libraries in the digital world are not only facilitating or making sure that users have a proper nice experience but also encouraging new business models and experimenting 30:04 Mirela talks about the particular moment when she hit the wall and knew that something was wrong and how she went around it  34:26 Mirela talks about digital rights management of the book publishing industry, what it is, how it works, when it works and when it doesn’t  40:34 Mirela talks about what she envisions the industry will look like in the next 10 years  Shows Mentioned: Opening the Future: <a href="https://www.openingthefuture.net" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.openingthefuture.net</a>/  Knowledge Unlatched: <a href="http://knowledgeunlatched.org" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://knowledgeunlatched.org</a>/  Subscribe to Open: <a href="https://subscribetoopencommunity.org" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://subscribetoopencommunity.org</a>/  Creative Commons licenses: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses</a>/  Amazon: <a href="http://www.amazon.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com</a>/  Guests Social Media Links:  Website: <a href="https://www.mirelaroncevic.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.mirelaroncevic.com</a>/  Company’s Website: <a href="http://www.noshelfrequired.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.noshelfrequired.com</a>/  LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mirelaroncevic" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mirelaroncevic</a>/  Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/noshelfrequired" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/noshelfrequired</a> Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id</a>=100011368773357

Mirela Roncevic - Open Access, Open Science, Scholarly Monographs, E-Book Lending

In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp talks with Mirela Roncevic about her career, the publishing industry, and her fascinating Free Reading Zone project.

Mirela Roncevic, Editorial Director of No Shelf Required, discusses the Free Reading Zone project