06496cam a2200541Mi 4500 ocn964918008 OCoLC 20190328114817.0 m o d cr ||||||||||| 161126s2016 xxk o 000 0 eng d NLE eng rda pn NLE IDEBK EBLCP N$T OPELS YDX OCLCF OCLCQ OTZ OCLCQ U3W MERUC MERER OCLCQ 964334857 964358856 9780081012796 (EPUB) 0081012799 (EPUB) 9780081012789 0081012780 (OCoLC)964918008 (OCoLC)964334857 (OCoLC)964358856 Z1003 LIT 007000 bisacsh 028/.8 23 Banou, Christina, author Assistant Professor in Book Policy and Publishing, Dept. of Archives, Library Science and Museology, Faculty of Information Science and Informatics, Ionian University, Corfu, Greece Re-Inventing the Book : challenges from the past for the publishing industry / [electronic resource] Christina Banou. Chandos Publishing, 2016. 1 online resource (163 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Introduction: the continuing revolution of Gutenberg 1 1.1 The continuing revolution of Gutenberg: the publishing industry at a turning point 1 1.2 New worlds for old strategies, new words for old values 5 1.3 Toward a methodological and theoretical framework for publishing 10 1.4 The structure of the book 13 References 16 2 Reimagining the book: aesthetics in publishing 19 2.1 Setting the scene: from illustration to new multimedia technologies. Approaches and trends 19 2.2 The artistic identity of the book. Publishers, readers and the democratization of taste 24 2.3 The aesthetics publishing chain-circle and its explanations 33 2.4 Reconstructing the book: the value of the paratext 42 2.5 Reader participation and personalized copies: new aesthetic and business models 57 2.6 Reconsidering the boundaries of the book: convergence 62 2.7 Recalling Renaissance woodcuts: from painted prints of Renaissance to colouring books of the digital era 65 2.8 Why aesthetics in publishing is still important. The aesthetic capital 67 References 70 3 Reengaging readers, rediscovering strategies 75 3.1 Reader engagement and the emergence of publishing strategies 75 3.2 Lessons from the past: reader participation in the publishing chain. Case studies from Renaissance and the Baroque 78 3.3 Readersourcing 85 3.4 Rediscovering preorders 90 3.5 From patronage to crowdfunding 94 viii Contents 3.6 Short forms, serialization, Re-considering values 133 5.2 Keep reinventing: challenges from the past for the publishing industry 139 5.3 A comment as epilogue. Time and the book (or reinventing ourselves) 145 References 146 Timeline 147 Index 149. Front Cover; Re-Inventing the Book; Series Page; Re-Inventing the Book: Challenges from the Past forthe Publishing IndustryAMSTERDAM; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 -- Introduction: the continuing revolution of Gutenberg; 1.1 The continuing revolution of Gutenberg: the publishing industry at a turning point; 1.2 New worlds for old strategies, new words for old values; 1.3 Toward a methodological and theoretical framework for publishing; 1.4 The structure of the book; References; 2 -- Reimagining the book: aesthetics in publishing. 2.1 Setting the scene: from illustration to new multimedia technologies. Approaches and trends2.2 The artistic identity of the book. Publishers, readers and the democratization of taste; 2.2.1 Towards the democratization of taste; 2.2.2 The role and concepts of book illustration and ornamentation; 2.2.3 Developing the artistic identity of the book; 2.3 The aesthetics publishing chain-circle and its explanations; 2.3.1 The aesthetics publishing chain-circle-circuit since Renaissance; 2.3.2 The book as a visual-valuable-viable object and its historical explanations. 2.3.3 Visual information and consumption cultures from Vasari to the digital era2.3.4 Information and experience: the old printed book in terms of 'social media'. The case of Peregrinatio in Terram Sanctam; 2.4 Reconstructing the book: the value of the paratext; 2.4.1 What is paratext?; 2.4.2 Visual and verbal paratext; 2.4.3 Front matter; 2.4.4 Title page and cover; 2.4.5 Creating celebrities: frontispiece and the author's portrait; 2.4.6 The printed page; 2.4.7 The printer's mark; 2.4.8 Running titles -- page headlines; 2.4.9 Dedicatory letters -- epistles. 2.4.10 Paratext, patronage and book promotion: added value for all2.4.11 Visual paratext, digital paratext and a comment; 2.5 Reader participation and personalized copies: new aesthetic and business models; 2.5.1 Personalized copies then and now; 2.5.2 From dedicatory letters of Renaissance to dedicatory copies and editions of the digital Age; 2.5.3 Reader engagement in the artistic identity of the book; 2.6 Reconsidering the boundaries of the book: convergence; 2.6.1 Convergence cultures; 2.6.2 Gamification and other opportunities & 2.7 Recalling Renaissance woodcuts: from painted prints of Renaissance to colouring books of the digital era2.8 Why aesthetics in publishing is still important. The aesthetic capital; References; 3 -- Reengaging readers, rediscovering strategies; 3.1 Reader engagement and the emergence of publishing strategies; 3.2 Lessons from the past: reader participation in the publishing chain. Case studies from Renaissance and the Baroque; 3.2.1 The case of Pietro Aretino in Renaissance Rome and Venice; 3.2.2 The case of Torquato Accetto in Baroque Naples; 3.2.3 The reader as corrector. Books and reading. Books. Book industries and trade. LITERARY CRITICISM Books & Reading. bisacsh Book industries and trade. fast (OCoLC)fst00836171 Books. fast (OCoLC)fst00836401 Books and reading. fast (OCoLC)fst00836454 Electronic books. Print version: Banou, Christina. Re-Inventing the Book. Chandos Publishing, 2016 0081012780 9780081012789 (OCoLC)957680275 ScienceDirect http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780081012789 247472 247472