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Entrepreneurial Identity in US Book Publishing in the Twenty-First Century

Entrepreneurial Identity in US Book Publishing in the Twenty-First Century

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Series: Elements in Publishing and Book Culture

Business of Writing

ISBN10: 1108819516
ISBN13: 9781108819510
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Sep 23 2021
Pages: 110
Weight: 0.22
Height: 0.23 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.00
Language: English
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.

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