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Tag Archives: Theory of publishing
Harry Potter and the Publishers’ Holy Grail IV
I have been trying in the three previous Harry Potter posts to look at what went right with J. K. Rowling’s book series. In the first half of this final wildly ambitious post I’m attempting to get somewhere near a theory … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, End of the book, Harry Potter, Reading, Shakespeare, Theory of publishing
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Harry Potter and the Publishers’ Holy Grail III
Does it matter what an author or publisher intends? What about how their work or product is received? Perhaps the most interesting question is the combination of the two, the problem some authors and all commercial companies (including mine) try … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Children, End of the book, Harry Potter, Parents, Psychoanalysis, Theory of publishing
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‘A page of good prose remains invincible’ 2
Craig Raine’s title poem ‘A Martian Sends a Postcard Home’ (Oxford University Press, 1979, p. 1) is an attempt at ‘making strange’ the old-known so it becomes the new-known. We look at the world through the eyes of an alien. If … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Bridget Riley, Codex, Communication, Duchamp, E-books, Publishing, Theory of publishing, Typography
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Page against the machine 1 – Derrida and the great CD-ROM disaster
While the form of the ‘book’ is now going through a period of general upheaval, and while that form now appears less natural, and its history less transparent than ever, and while one cannot tamper with it without disturbing everything … Continue reading
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Tagged Commercial, Communication, Derrida, E-books, Media, Printing, Publishing, Shakespeare, Theory of publishing
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Harry Potter and the Publishers’ Holy Grail II
In my previous post I suggested that the most successful publishing reflects back to us – at some level – our deepest preoccupations, perhaps ones we don’t even know about; perhaps there are some we don’t want to know about. … Continue reading
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Tagged Borges, Children's books, Commercial, Harry Potter, Meaning, Multiversality, Publishing, Shakespeare, Theory of publishing
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