Charting the Digital Literary Sphere

The Global Book: Micropublishing, Conglomerate Production, and Digital Market Structures

“…43 In 40 Baverstock [3]. 41 See, for example, Hall [11,[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. 42 Kurschus [16,23].…”

“…Every year some titles sell far, far better than any other book, but that does not imply that in terms of consumption they have expanded their market share. 20 Publishers have changed tack in the pursuit of profit, and now focus on the big books, but consumers have thus far at least not responded to this change.…”

“…22 McGurl [17,451]. 23 Clark and Phillips [6,[19][20]. 24 One such method has been proposed by Rowberry [23].…”

“…39 Her point is that a successful publisher has to identify specific 36 Forslid et al [9]. 37 Clark and Phillips [6,20]. 38 Anderson [1].…”

Amateur Creativity: Contemporary Literature and the Digital Publishing Scene

“…It reflects the role that Web 2.0 technologies play in shaping authorial careers and reputations, transforming publishing opportunities, and generally guiding popular conceptions of literature, reading, and critical judgment. 30 Meanwhile, post-press literature des-amateur creativity ignates those self-published works that, in becoming destigmatized, are changing the form of contemporary fiction, the experience of reading it, and the business of publishing it. 31 Megacorporations such as Amazon and publishing conglomerates such as Hachette now compete in the marketplace of books and differ as to books' commodity status.…”