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Mirela Roncevic has served as a consultant for a range of publishers and libraries and partnered with companies creating new digital opportunities for publishers, authors, readers, educators, and librarians. She has also contributed articles, reports, book reviews, and short stories to numerous magazines and has served as managing editor of several book series and journals. Editorial Director of No Shelf Required, an award-winning portal on e-books and digital content, she is also the founder of the One Country, One Library initiative, which supports the creation of national libraries that provide free access to books and other content to all people inside a country’s borders for the purpose of bridging digital divides, equalizing access to education, enabling reading, and spreading literacy.Peyton Stafford writes the Indies in the Library™ column for No Shelf Required. With many years of experience in publishing for libraries, he has worked in sales, marketing, editorial and executive positions with publishers and distributors that provide print and digital information resources to libraries of all kinds. He also provides consulting services to publishers and authors. His previous positions include Vice President Corporate, Government, and Publisher Relations, Total Boox; Associate Director Learning Solutions, Rosen Publishing Group; Director of Global Library and Institutional Services, ReadHowYouWant; and Vice President Library Services, Userful Corporation.

• IntroductionPart I Groundbreaking E-Book Projects and InitiativesChapter 1 Douglas County Libraries and the Making of a Good (Early) E-Book ProductJames LaRue and Monique SendzeChapter 2 The Digital Public Library of America and the Building of a National Platform for Library E-BooksMicah MayChapter 3 The Internet Archive’s Open Library Project and Its Global SignificanceMary MinowChapter 4 Croatia Reads: How a Small Country Became a Big Virtual LibraryMirela RoncevicPart II New Technologies, New OpportunitiesChapter 5 Digital Disruption and the Quest to Achieve Global LiteracyNeil Butcher, Lisbeth Levey, and Kirsty von GoghChapter 6 The Era of Indie Authorship, Self-Published E-Books, and Emerging New Roles for Public LibrariesPeyton StaffordChapter 7 The Library Writers Project: Multnomah County Library’s Model for Building a Collection of Local E-Books and Promoting Them to PatronsKady FerrisChapter 8 Publishing a Class Poetry E-Book: A Teacher’s Use of Technology to Make Poetry Exciting and Relevant for StudentsTonya McQuadeChapter 9 Reading by Ear: AudiobookSYNC’s Mission to Support Teen Literacy with Digital AudiobooksFrancisca GoldsmithChapter 10 From Book to Game: Gamification and the Birth of a New Literary FormPeyton StaffordPart III The Digital Issues That MatterChapter 11 Readers Come First: An Advocacy of a Better Digital ExperienceMichael BlackwellChapter 12 The Long and Winding Road to DRM-Free E-Books in Academic LibrariesMirela RoncevicChapter 13 Watching You Watching Me: Preserving Reader Privacy in the Age of Digital SurveillanceMirela RoncevicChapter 14 Digital Publishing Is Dawning in Africa, but Don’t Forget the Printed Book Quite YetScott Walter and Charles TemplePart IV The Evolving Business of E-BooksChapter 15 E-Content Is Growing, While Academic Libraries Are Shrinking: How Did We Get Here?Michael ZeoliChapter 16 When Demand Drives the Purchasing of E-Books in Libraries, Do Library Users Get What They Need?Mirela RoncevicChapter 17 Selling E-Books in Bulk: What’s the Deal with Big Deals?Mirela RoncevicChapter 18 E-Books in Schools: Pros and Cons of the Leading Business Models for K−12 EducationPeyton StaffordChapter 19 Balancing Act: A Public Library’s Strategy to Invest in Multiple E-Book PlatformsTom West with Lisa LorancChapter 20 Blockchain Technology and the Potential of the Used E-Book MarketPeyton StaffordAppendix: Company DirectoryAbout the Editors and ContributorsIndex