Publishing houses make the study of literature possible in more ways than one. Not only do publishing houses make literary texts available as finished goods for our cultural consumption, the archival holdings of these publishing houses also contain evidence of literature in its myriad unfinished, intermittent, exploratory forms before and after publication. Publisher archives house…

Overdue Conversations

Columbia University Libraries

Disappearing Publisher Archives in the Digital Age: An Overdue Conversation with Matthew Kirschenbaum

MAY 2, 2022-1 MIN
Overdue Conversations

Disappearing Publisher Archives in the Digital Age: An Overdue Conversation with Matthew Kirschenbaum

MAY 2, 2022-1 MIN

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Publishing houses make the study of literature possible in more ways than one. Not only do publishing houses make literary texts available as finished goods for our cultural consumption, the archival holdings of these publishing houses also contain evidence of literature in its myriad unfinished, intermittent, exploratory forms before and after publication. Publisher archives house…