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

Rachel Noorda (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

75 Seiten

2021
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-81951-0 (ISBN)

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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.

Introduction; 1. Independence amidst Consolidation: Independent Publishers and Bookstores; 2. Freelancers: Flexibility and Uncertainty as a Contractor; 3. Intersectionality and Entrepreneurial Identity; Conclusion and COVID-19.

Erscheinungsdatum	13.09.2021
Reihe/Serie	Elements in Publishing and Book Culture
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	125 x 178 mm
Gewicht	120 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	1-108-81951-6 / 1108819516
ISBN-13	978-1-108-81951-0 / 9781108819510
Zustand	Neuware