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Mass Authorship and the Rise of Self-Publishing /

"In the last two decades, digital technologies have made it possible for anyone with a computer and an Internet connection to rapidly and inexpensively self-publish a book. Once a stigmatized niche activity, self-publishing has grown explosively. Hobbyists and professionals alike have produced...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Laquintano, Timothy (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2016.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The Decline of Vanity and the Rise of Self-Publishing
  • Becoming an Author without a Publisher
  • The Birth of Independent Authorship
  • Amazon as a New Intermediary: Experimental Self-Publishing and Popular Fiction Writing
  • Microclimates of Intellectual Property
  • Book Reviews and Credibility in a Nonfiction Niche Market
  • Conclusion: Hyperabundance and the Future of Books
  • Appendix: Notes on Methods
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.