Entrepreneurial identity in US book publishing in the twenty-first century / Rachel Noorda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Noorda, Rachel, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture, 2514-8524.

Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture, 2514-8524

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Publishers and publishing--United States.

Publishers and publishing.

Entrepreneurship--United States.

Entrepreneurship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (101 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Entrepreneurship underpins many roles within the publishing industry, from freelancing to bookselling. Entrepreneurs are shaped by the contexts in which their entrepreneurship is situated (social, political, economic, and national). Additionally, entrepreneurship is integral to occupational identity for book publishing entrepreneurs. This Element examines entrepreneurship through the lens of identity and narrative based on interview data with book publishing entrepreneurs in the US Book publishing entrepreneurship narratives of independence, culture over commerce, accidental profession, place, risk, (in)stability, busyness, and freedom are examined in this Element.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Entrepreneurial Identity in US Book Publishing in the Twenty-First Century

Contents

Introduction

1 Independence amidst Consolidation: Independent Publishers and Bookstores

1.1 A Brief Introduction to the Book Industry Landscape

1.2 The Independent Narrative

1.3 Place Narratives

1.4 The Culture over Commerce Narrative

1.4.1 Downplaying Commerce

1.4.2 Passion

1.4.3 #BooksAreEssential Example

1.5 The Accidental Profession Narrative

1.6 Risk Narratives

1.7 Support for Indies: The Case of Bookshop.org

2 Freelancers: Flexibility and Uncertainty as a Contractor

2.1 Employees vs Contractors

2.2 The (In)Stability Narrative

2.3 The Busyness Narrative

2.4 The Freedom Narrative

3 Intersectionality and Entrepreneurial Identity

Conclusion and COVID-19

Bibliography.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Sep 2021).

ISBN:

1-108-87779-6

1-108-87352-9

1-108-87597-1

OCLC:

1267537525