Self-Publishing and Collection Development : Opportunities and Challenges for Libraries /

Self-Publishing and Collection Development : Opportunities and Challenges for Libraries /

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"The current publishing environment has experienced a drastic change in the way content is created, delivered, and acquired, particularly for libraries. With the increasing importance of digital publishing, more than half the titles published in the United States are self-published. With this g...

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Other Authors: Holley, Robert P. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Self-publishing.
Libraries and publishing.
Collection development (Libraries)
Acquisition of privately printed books.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Library & Information Science > Collection Development.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Library & Information Science > General.
collection development.
Édition à compte d'auteur.
Bibliotheques et edition.
Developpement des collections (Bibliotheques)
Acquisitions (Bibliotheques) > Imprimes hors commerce.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Robert P. Holley, Wayne State University
  • E-book self-publishing and the Los Gatos Library : a case study / Henry Bankhead, Los Gatos Library
  • Supporting self-publishing and local authors : from challenge to opportunity / Melissa DeWild, and Morgan Jarema, Kent District Library
  • Do large academic libraries purchase self-published books to add to their collections? / Kay Ann Cassell, Rutgers University
  • Why academic libraries should consider acquiring self-published books / Robert P. Holley, Wayne State University
  • Digital authoring, electronic scholarship, and libraries: from walled garden to wilderness / Donald Beagle, Belmont Abbey College
  • Book vendors and self-publishing / Bob Nardini, Proquest Books
  • Ingram and independent publishing / Robin Cutler, Ingram Content Group
  • Review sources of interest to librarians for independently published books / Eleanor I. Cook, East Carolina University
  • Self-publishing and bibliographic control / Robert P. Holley, Wayne State University
  • Self-publishing and libraries: the slush pile is the platform / Tom Bruno, Yale University
  • An indie author in a library world / Altonya Washington, Livingstone College
  • The romance of self-publishing / Elizabeth Nelson, McHenry County College
  • Alacrity House Publishing / Frankie l. Colton, Alacrity House Publishing
  • Self-publishing: a bibliographic essay / Joseph D. Grobelny, Front Range Community College.

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