ENG287H1 Lecture Notes - Groupthink, Dash Shaw, Body Worlds
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How a printed novel is usually brought into the world: Submission: it"s submitted to a publishing company. Acceptance: the company says they are willing to publish it. Editing: the company goes over and edits the work. Print and process: the book is mass printed in factories. Distribution: the published book is distributed to stores. Review: the book is critiqued by its readers. (*) stages in which the author has control over his own work. Many authors lament and hate the publishing procedure. Virginia woolf published and distributed all her own works to avoid this procedure. We can"t do that today anymore because nobody would ever hear of us/we"d never get noticed. Although after its popularity he was later able to publish. His comic is also wicked weird and i doubt any publisher would be willing to take it. Born-digital fiction: fiction begins distribution on the web and that is distributed digitally. What is so appealing about born-digital fiction? (eg: webcomics)
