Published In
Elements in Publishing and Book Culture
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2021
Subjects
Group identity, Book industries and trade, Publishers and publishing -- United States, Books -- Marketing, Consumer behavior, Book industry -- Digital humanities
Abstract
Entrepreneurship underpins many roles within the publishing industry, from freelancing to bookselling. Entrepreneurs are shaped by the contexts in which their entrepreneurship is situated (social, political, economic, and national). Additionally, entrepreneurship is integral to occupational identity for book publishing entrepreneurs. This Element examines entrepreneurship through the lens of identity and narrative based on interview data with book publishing entrepreneurs in the US Book publishing entrepreneurship narratives of independence, culture over commerce, accidental profession, place, risk, (in)stability, busyness, and freedom are examined in this Element.
Rights
This is the author's manuscript version. The final version, © Cambridge University Press, is available from the publisher: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108875974
DOI
10.1017/9781108875974
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/43617
Citation Details
Published as: Noorda, Rachel. Entrepreneurial Identity in US Book Publishing in the Twenty-First Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. Print. Elements in Publishing and Book Culture.