| Summary: | This article analyzes the category of independent publishing houses –problematized in various jobs– from the hypothesis that the publishing independence in this space has emerged as a way of questioning by agents of publishing field. With the aim of developing the proposition of several possible meanings to which you can associate the “independent” adjective, we´ll proceed to historicize the category considering a possible periodization of the decade 1998-2010 to raise the different distribution channels, marketing and consumption to which this term has referred historically. Previously, we will focus on a qualitative analysis of the perceptions of different publishers about what they consider independent publishing. This will allow us to amplify the meanings and capture the tensions of the various actors and their positions in the publishing field.
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