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Formalized Fictions: Negotiating Value in Literary Publishing

by Program in Translation and Intercultural Communications

Lecture Humanities Social Sciences

Tue, Nov 12, 2024

12 PM – 1:20 PM EST (GMT-5)

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Louis A. Simpson International Building, Room 144

Princeton, NJ 08544,

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How do editors in literary imprints and publishing houses negotiate the economic and symbolic value of manuscripts in the context of market and industry uncertainty? Presenting qualitative data obtained from interviews with editors and agents in the U.S. and UK trade publishing industry, this talk will provide a systematic analysis of the ways in which these cultural intermediaries negotiate the inherently indeterminate value of manuscripts by imagining futures that they do not necessarily believe in. In doing so, I will focus on the ways in which corporate publishing houses differ from indies, how translation-focused publishing programs differ from domestic ones, and what the market for manuscripts stands to teach us about markets more generally.

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Louis A. Simpson International Building, Room 144

Princeton, NJ 08544,

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Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida

Graduate Student, Department of Sociology

Princeton University

Ohad Zeltzer-Zubida is a doctoral student in Sociology at Princeton University. He is primarily interested in evaluation and valuation in cultural markets. His current work focuses on literary publishing, examining the ways in which editors and agents negotiate the economic and symbolic value of manuscripts in the context of market and industry uncertainty. Beyond cultural and economic sociology, he is also interested in sociological theory and qualitative methodology. Outside of academia, Ohad's essays, reviews, short stories, and translations have been published in various magazines and anthologies.


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