ElPub2020

24th Edition of the Electronic Publishing Conference taking place on Twitter in Covid-19 times

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Thank you for your attention

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Textbooks
Time-consuming ↔ quick updating, financial benefits for authors&students
Research data
Not directly related to self-publishing books.
Many boost motivation for data sharing by providing measurable/citable output in repositories&data journals

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Report excellent scholarship, but with a narrow focus, especially in the humanities and partially in the social sciences.

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Decisive is content, the quality of editing, typography, illustrations.

Libraries 3
Autobiographies or personal narratives = primary source material, offering direct perspectives.
Reflect popular culture of the given era.

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= has always been a (mostly ignored) option for libraries.
Libraries 2
Academic libraries prefer SPB, written by faculty, employees, alumni, or tied to local institutions.
New fiction books and local topics are welcome in public libraries.

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Libraries 1
Self-publishing is not inferior quality or having been rejected by traditional publishers.
Today, many libraries are buying and accepting self-published books (SPB) as gifts, often on a case-by-case basis.

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The process
Producing a manuscript, not different from other writings published in print is a must
Most (but not all) stages completed by the writer
= e.g. delegate the distribution.
Usually e-books; if deemed practical print, sometimes print-on-demand.

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The authors
In this environment, they are not only writers,
↔ Act as businessmen=invest in what they wrote
= Decide on the works’ future.
May rely on books professionals
Amateurs often satisfied describing their experiences.
= special self-identity

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Historical example: free access
A 150 years lag in Hungarian book publishing& distribution.
→ 18c. practice of collected subscriptions to books in preparation to pre-certify the profitability of publishing his work for the printing press (or publisher)

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The legitimacy
Codices and the book itself in the first three centuries of printing were not considered a widely traded commodity.
New IT allow legally publishing books as a free service =
Free legal downloading and reading of books for the audience

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Hello! I will be sharing some thoughts about:
The legitimacy of self-publishing,
A short historical example,
The role of authors,
The publishing process,
How independent editors and librarians see it;
Self-publishing textbooks and research data.

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And now moving to #selfpublishing. Meet our next presenter @ktiborH #elpub2020 #make_ElPub_Viral @UCL_Qatar
published on: https://t.co/nj9d7CvX8l

[ElPub2020 @EPub2020]

11/11 @ktiborH #elpub2020

Thank you for your attention

[ElPub2020 @EPub2020]

And now moving to #selfpublishing. Meet our next presenter @ktiborH #elpub2020 #make_ElPub_Viral @UCL_Qatar
published on: https://t.co/nj9d7CvX8l

[ElPub2020 @EPub2020]

10/11 @ktiborH #elpub2020
Textbooks
Time-consuming ↔ quick updating, financial benefits for authors&students
Research data
Not directly related to self-publishing books.
Many boost motivation for data sharing by providing measurable/citable output in repositories&data journals