What is it about?
This article explores the peculiarities of online self-publishing, and how communities of readers and authors who use these production models are structured. A theoretical reflection is followed by several case studies, based on websites analyses and interviews with various professionnals.
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Why is it important?
Stanley Fish's theories are still relevant today. They shed light on relationships of authority that are often overlooked: among these are the relationships between the various players in the book industry. The stakes involved in online self-publishing, a recent practice in the cultural industries, are better perceived through this approach.
Perspectives
This reflection, based on case studies, is applicable in other circumstances and can therefore be used to observe the situation in other cultural or social spaces. It can also be extended to other categories of books, works, or publishing models. Hence, it opens up and deepens the whole body of work on the contemporary 'book chain'.
Corentin Boutoux
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This page is a summary of: Les plateformes d’autoédition comme espaces d’émancipation : l’illusoire autorité des communautés, July 2024, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1163/9789004697089_008.
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