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FURTHER RESEARCH

On the Small Press:

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Jordison, Sam and Kit Caless. 'Types of Publishing: Small and Independent Presses' for The Literary Consultancy. September 01, 2016. Accessed May 17, 2020. https://literaryconsultancy.co.uk/2016/09/types-publishing-small-independent-presses/

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Henderson, Bill. 'The Small Book Press: A Cultural Essential' in The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy. Vol. 54. No. 1. The University of Chicago Press. 1984. 61-71. Accessed May 27, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/4307694.

 

Sperling, Matthew. 'Books and the Market: Trade Publishers, State Subsidies, and Small Presses' in The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary British and Irish Poetry. Oxford University Press. 2013. 192-216. Accessed May 27, 2020.

https://www-oxfordhandbooks-com.libproxy.york.ac.uk/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199596805.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199596805-e-032

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On Artists' Books:

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Roche, Catherine. “Where the Digital and Handmade Coexist.” A N the Artist Information Company, Apr 12, 2013. Accessed May 28, 2020. https://www.a-n.co.uk/news/artists-self-publishing/

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Edition Patrick Fey Website: https://www.editionpatrickfrey.com/en

 

Roma Publications Website: https://www.romapublications.org/

 

Kiosk Website: http://k-i-o-s-k.com/

 

Ditto Press Website: http://www.dittopress.co.uk/

 

Hoxton Mini Press Website: https://www.hoxtonminipress.com/

 

AM Bruno Website: http://ambruno.co.uk/

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On the Fine Press:

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Lieberman, Michael. “Fine presses and the bookseller”. International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, Nov 26, 2009. Accessed May 27, 2020. https://ilab.org/articles/fine-presses-and-bookseller

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Swanson, Clare. “Folio Society Tries To Raise Its Profile.” Publishers Weekly 261, no. 44 (November 3, 2014): 17. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=99208651&site=ehost-live.

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Other useful resources:

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Bhaskar, Michael. The Content Machine: Towards a Theory of Publishing from the Printing Press to the Digital Network. Anthem Press. 2013.

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Thompson, John B. ‘Introduction’, Merchants of Culture: The Publishing Business in the Twenty-First Century. 2nd Edition. London. Polity Press. 2012. 1-25. 

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2016 Independent Publishers’ Guild annual report: https://www.thebookseller.com/news/iindependent-publishing-report-finds-growing-and-thriving-sector-394416

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On diversity in the publishing sector: https://www.thebookseller.com/news/survey-bame-interns-shows-mixed-experiences-industry-1008956

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The Independent (survey on BAME writers): https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/uk-publishing-diversity-bame-writers-penguin-faber-hachette-a8930161.html

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“Publishing isn’t like most industries. It busies itself with questions of intangible value and moral worth. Nor is it exactly like the arts or sciences, as it obsesses over balance sheet and profit margins. Publishing is weird.”

Michael Bhaskar

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