Eve, Martin Paul (2013) Gatekeepers in a digital wasteland. The Author ,
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Abstract
It is already a cliché to announce the demise of the book in the wake of the digital revolution. While it might be unwise to stake our futures on the printed-and-bound codex, it seems doubtful that a shift in the way words are delivered will result in the downfall of long-form writing itself. What does seem questionable, however, is the persistence of the current publishing model in which publishers act as gatekeepers. In the ?democratised? digital republic enabled by self-publishing, what threatens to remain is a wasteland in which the inhabitants elect their culture via a ballot of sparsely distributed consumer capital. The ?book? looks likely to persist. What may not is the current way in which we decide what is worthwhile between the (digital) covers.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication |
| Research Centres and Institutes: | Contemporary Literature, Centre for |
| Depositing User: | Martin Eve |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jun 2015 12:16 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jul 2025 13:18 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/12210 |
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