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  1. Book review: ‘Big Fiction’ by Dan Sinykin - The Washington Post #literaturbetrieb #LiteraryField

    „Far from working in isolation, he argues, writers inhabit a “hidden world” of “subsidiary rights specialists, art directors, marketing managers, sales staff, wholesalers, chain book buyers, philanthropists, government bureaucrats.” „ washingtonpost.com/books/2023/

  2. Book review: ‘Big Fiction’ by Dan Sinykin - The Washington Post #literaturbetrieb #LiteraryField

    „Far from working in isolation, he argues, writers inhabit a “hidden world” of “subsidiary rights specialists, art directors, marketing managers, sales staff, wholesalers, chain book buyers, philanthropists, government bureaucrats.” „ washingtonpost.com/books/2023/

  3. das ist schon ziemlich krass - aber wahrscheinlich ist es ja im deutschsprachigen raum nicht anders #LiteraryPrize #LiteraryField #literaturbetrieb

    „The first thing this data demonstrates is just how much influence over the literary field has rested in so few hands. Over the last 35 years, just 25 people have served as judges more than 700 times for over 30 unique prizes. These 25 people make up 25 percent of all jury positions in that period.“

    publicbooks.org/what-35-years-

  4. das ist schon ziemlich krass - aber wahrscheinlich ist es ja im deutschsprachigen raum nicht anders #LiteraryPrize #LiteraryField #literaturbetrieb

    „The first thing this data demonstrates is just how much influence over the literary field has rested in so few hands. Over the last 35 years, just 25 people have served as judges more than 700 times for over 30 unique prizes. These 25 people make up 25 percent of all jury positions in that period.“

    publicbooks.org/what-35-years-

  5. mitunter bin ich doch froh. nie wirklich versucht zu haben. vom schreiben zu leben. das ist ja schon irgendwie #hell #literaturbetrieb #LiteraryField

    The Unbearable Envy of the Published Author

    nytimes.com/2022/11/10/opinion (paywall)

  6. „The reasons why authors chose to publish their works anonymously were manifold, including prudence, fear of censorship, modesty, fear of personal criticism, or simple divertissement.“ #author #LiteraryField #foucault #publishing

    Lodovica Braida, Anonymity in Eighteenth-Century Italian Publishing. The Absent Author (2022)

    michel-foucault.com/2022/11/10