The Content Machine: Towards a Theory of Publishing from the Printing Press to the Digital Network (Anthem Publishing Studies)

The real heart of publishing, however, lies in filtering and amplification. Publishing is about selection. Even self-publishers filter; after all, they pick work to publish, namely their own

publishing is part of the creation of a work, whereas marketing and publicity are ancillary and after-the-fact processes,

holding intellectual property has been central to the trade.

change and see it as an opportunity, not a threat.

Long-form reading isn’t going away, it’s in a golden age.

whose limitations of distribution are part of their symbolic and financial value propositions.