Gilbert A, Bülhoff A (2025)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Edited Volume
Subtype: Book
Publication year: 2025
Publisher: Spector Books
City/Town: Leipzig
Print-on-demand has revolutionized the world of books. As analog-digital
hybrids, PoD books are the very embodiment of the post-digital age.
Digital printing and low-threshold online platforms such as Blurb, Lulu,
or Kindle Direct Publishing make it possible for virtually anyone to
publish instantly and worldwide—without financial investment or risk.
This opens up spaces beyond the traditional book market and leads to a
democratization of production. At the same time, this new radius of
action is fundamentally dependent on the rules and interests of the
platforms themselves. Out of this tension, an entire subculture has
emerged—one that tests the book once again for its possible contents,
aesthetics, materialities, economies, and publics, while also critically
reflecting and negotiating our digital present.
The Library of
Artistic Print on Demand maps this field of experimentation for the
first time in its global spread, historical depth, and political
relevance.
APA:
Gilbert, A., & Bülhoff, A. (Eds.) (2025). Library of Artistic Print on Demand. Post-Digital Publishing in Times of Platform Capitalism. Leipzig: Spector Books.
MLA:
Gilbert, Annette, and Andreas Bülhoff, eds. Library of Artistic Print on Demand. Post-Digital Publishing in Times of Platform Capitalism. Leipzig: Spector Books, 2025.
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