Self-published books: Will they be preserved, or lost to the mists of time?

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  • February 28, 2019
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  • Ryan, Erin
    • Affiliation: School of Information and Library Science
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  • This exploratory study describes the results of a survey of 39 self-published writers who were contacted through several North-Carolina-based writers’ groups. The survey was intended to determine background about the platforms and formats they used as well as the importance these writers placed on the preservation of their work, asking whether they had lost files or had tried to get their work into libraries. Follow-up interviews with four writers who took the survey feature their reflections on being an “indie author,” including their methods for finding an audience, how they learn information about self-publishing, and the challenges and benefits they have experienced from the process. The study begins with a literature review that includes interviews with two librarians and a small publisher in North Carolina. The study concludes with a number of implications for further research, as well as a discussion of the major finding that publicity equals preservation.
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  • Jones, Paul
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  • Master of Science in Library Science
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  • Library and Information Science
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  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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  • 2017
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