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An "Accidental Profession": Small Press Publishing in the Pacific Northwest

Ramdarshan Bold, M; (2016) An "Accidental Profession": Small Press Publishing in the Pacific Northwest. Publishing Research Quarterly , 32 (2) pp. 84-102. 10.1007/s12109-016-9452-9. Green open access

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Abstract

This research examines contemporary, independent publishing in the Pacific Northwest (USA and Canada). Through a series of interviews with small publishers in Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver, BC, this paper will investigate whether independent publishers, based outside of the major publishing hubs of New York and Toronto, believe they can: compete in the global publishing environment; help to promote and preserve regional cultures and identities; and maintain diversity in cultural output. It will also explore how independent presses see themselves situated in the national and international publishing arena and identify what structures are in place to support them to do so. Although the focus of the empirical research is the Pacific Northwest, this paper has been contextualised within national publishing discourse.

Type: Article
Title: An "Accidental Profession": Small Press Publishing in the Pacific Northwest
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1007/s12109-016-9452-9
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12109-016-9452-9
Language: English
Additional information: The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12109-016-9452-9.
Keywords: small presses, alternative publishing, authors, digital publishing, Canadian publishing, independent publishing, diversity
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Information Studies
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1477017
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