What is and what is not a book: its materiality and editorial processes

In this paper, we propose a discussion on e-books as a marked product, not just as a discursive framework or because its format, but also by an editorial process at least partially distinct from the printed book. Moreover, the concepts of material formats and reading practices help to deal with aspe...

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Main Author: Ana Elisa Ferreira Ribeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Programa de Pós-graduação em Linguística 2013-03-01
Series:Fórum Linguístico
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/forum/article/view/26567
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description In this paper, we propose a discussion on e-books as a marked product, not just as a discursive framework or because its format, but also by an editorial process at least partially distinct from the printed book. Moreover, the concepts of material formats and reading practices help to deal with aspects of reading modes that are in evidence when books and e-books are referred. Devices for reading and reader's experience seem to have a key role in proposing a process for publishing electronic books. It is argued here that, since the editorial processes of the printed book and eBook are partly differentiated, besides offering different size and experience, the book could be considered simply as a metaphor of the new editorial product produced to be read in new devices. If the entered text genres are the same, the objects are not, and thus it can be said that those genres that are published in a book not necessarily characterize it, but other elements of its characterization. The arguments posed here are based on discussions on editing processes (Eco and Carriere, 2010; Darnton, 2010; Chartier,1998, 2000, 2002; and Procopio, 2010). The concepts of formats are based on Távora (2008).
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spelling doaj.art-2ba9d4bb5b5543189623e54bdf88aa552022-12-22T00:14:50ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Programa de Pós-graduação em LinguísticaFórum Linguístico1415-86981984-84122013-03-019433334110.5007/1984-8412.2012v9n4p33319811What is and what is not a book: its materiality and editorial processesAna Elisa Ferreira Ribeiro0Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas GeraisIn this paper, we propose a discussion on e-books as a marked product, not just as a discursive framework or because its format, but also by an editorial process at least partially distinct from the printed book. Moreover, the concepts of material formats and reading practices help to deal with aspects of reading modes that are in evidence when books and e-books are referred. Devices for reading and reader's experience seem to have a key role in proposing a process for publishing electronic books. It is argued here that, since the editorial processes of the printed book and eBook are partly differentiated, besides offering different size and experience, the book could be considered simply as a metaphor of the new editorial product produced to be read in new devices. If the entered text genres are the same, the objects are not, and thus it can be said that those genres that are published in a book not necessarily characterize it, but other elements of its characterization. The arguments posed here are based on discussions on editing processes (Eco and Carriere, 2010; Darnton, 2010; Chartier,1998, 2000, 2002; and Procopio, 2010). The concepts of formats are based on Távora (2008).https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/forum/article/view/26567processo de ediçãolivrose-booksprodução editorial.
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What is and what is not a book: its materiality and editorial processes
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processo de edição
livros
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title What is and what is not a book: its materiality and editorial processes
title_full What is and what is not a book: its materiality and editorial processes
title_fullStr What is and what is not a book: its materiality and editorial processes
title_full_unstemmed What is and what is not a book: its materiality and editorial processes
title_short What is and what is not a book: its materiality and editorial processes
title_sort what is and what is not a book its materiality and editorial processes
topic processo de edição
livros
e-books
produção editorial.
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