Doublejoy Books (Publication Announcement)
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Title
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Doublejoy Books (Publication Announcement)
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Description
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A publication announcement presented at the DHSI 2021 – Online Edition Conference & Colloquium, June 7–14, 2021
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Creator
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Paula Johanson
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Date
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2021
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PNG
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Rights Holder
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Paula Johanson
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Language
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English
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Abstract
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During 2020, the pandemic lockdown was no barrier to the founding of Doublejoy Books. This small, independent Canadian publisher already has eight titles, and more in its production pipeline. Three of these eight titles are re-released after previous publication, and five are released for the first time. The chief editor of Doublejoy Books is also the author of all its titles: Paula Johanson, a community fellow at the Electronic Textual Cultures Lab and the author of 42 books from educational publishers as well.
The technology available for self-publishing has expanded in the last decade. Self-publishing is no longer done only at great expense by people who pay the printing bill and then warehouse printed books while learning how to market and distribute them; neither is it done only by glum poets trading cheap photocopied leaflets with each other. With the emergence of online platforms like Smashwords and Draft2Digital, it’s possible to create a small publishing company very easily, particularly for ebooks. Accordingly, small presses are expanding exponentially in numbers never before seen, and are no longer marginal in the publishing world, but expanding into mainstream bookstore, library, and academic marketing for books, ebooks, audiobooks, and games. Doublejoy Books is only one press among many; digital publishing platforms are a phenomenon that is changing both literature and the publishing industry.
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Type
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Poster
