Self-Published Books: An Empirical “Snapshot”

Bradley, Jana; Fulton, Bruce; Helm, Marlene

doi:10.1086/664576

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“…It also means that librarians must do original cataloguing, requiring additional library time and resources to complete (Tuncer & David, 2019). The lack of publishing information available to cataloguers results in a lack of bibliographic control of self-published items (Bradley et al, 2012;Holley, 2015), and libraries may be reluctant to add these to their collections. Because many local authors choose to self-publish, these concerns are relevant to this research; however, there remains a lack of research about locally-authored items specifically, which this research aims to address.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Support local: Public libraries and local authors

Wiebe¹

2021

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In 2020 we have experienced movements to support local creators, restaurants, and businesses; how can the library community support local authors? This extended abstract discusses research conducted about how public libraries support local authors, with a focus on how these works are included in library collections and made findable to community members. Twelve public libraries from British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan were selected for analysis of collection policies and item metadata. Qualitative content analysis is used to code collection policies, and systemic analysis of item metadata is used to understand methods of identifying locally-authored items. The results of this research indicate that collection policies provide both opportunities and barriers for including locally-authored items and there is a lack of consistent methods for identifying items as locally-authored within item metadata. Some of these barriers can be attributed to the challenge of identifying and defining “local authorship”. This extended abstract will conclude with recommendations for how libraries can modify collection policies and methods of identifying items as locally-authored in order to support local authors and make these items more accessible to the community.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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2021

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“…One of the angles they considered was cataloging; they looked at presence or absence of ISBNs, encoding levels, and near-matches. 5 Their article is significant because it lists self-publishing firms, observes the items they publish, and examines some missing publication information on these items. The authors of this article also analyzed the WorldCat records gathered in their survey to identify the patterns in these records.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Cataloging of Self-Published Items

Tuncer

David

2019

Cataloging & Classification Quarterly

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This article presents the results of a survey conducted in the fall of 2015 of librarians who are cataloging self-published items. The survey was conducted in response to the growing popularity of self-publishing and the increasing prevalence of self-published items in libraries. Survey respondents were asked to describe how they are cataloging these items and provide representative examples of the records they have created. An analysis of both the survey responses and the records is presented, followed by suggestions for best practices for cataloging these items.

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“…Laquintano (2013) points out that self-publishing may be stigmatized due to its association with vanity publishing. Such ventures often found it challenging to distribute copies in a highly competitive and controlled commercial market (Bradley et al, 2012: 108). Furthermore, the self-published work was generally viewed as being of poor quality and the fraudulent practices associated with some publishers affected the reputation of both the author and the publisher (Laquintano, 2013).…”

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The traveler as author: examining self-presentation and discourse in the (self) published travel blog

Azariah

2016

Media, Culture & Society

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From the perspective of Goffman’s theories of self-presentation, travel blogs can be described as narratives that indicate the different roles occupied by an individual’s online self. A blogger may discursively position the self as a traveler, rather than a tourist, a dichotomy that underpins much critical debate in the area of travel and tourism studies, thus creating tensions within the blog. These tensions are heightened when blogs presented as accounts of travel are published as guidebooks or books that promote tourism. It can be argued that in such cases the act of publishing commercializes these narratives and introduces an element of touristic discourse. Moreover, the choice of either a legacy publisher or a self-publishing service can have implications for how a travel blogger may be presented and perceived as a reputable published author. Against this background, this article explores how travel blogs negotiate the discursive tensions produced as a result of the presentation of various aspects of self, particularly as a published author and as a traveler as opposed to a tourist.

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Self-Published Books: An Empirical “Snapshot”

Cited by 15 publications

References 7 publications

Support local: Public libraries and local authors

Support local: Public libraries and local authors

The Cataloging of Self-Published Items

The traveler as author: examining self-presentation and discourse in the (self) published travel blog

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