Emerson thesis -- Publishing and writing

Overview "West African publishing is a growing industry, gaining attention from investors both inside and outside the African continent. Historically, major Western publishing houses have controlled African literature including West African literature. Today, the pendulum swings back into African hands as more African-owned, independent publishers crop up in West African countries. Due to this shift in gatekeeping, traditional publishing models are being reinvented by new West African business...

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The author "examine[s] how book publishers and booksellers can help consumers sift through a crowded marketplace to discover midlist books, and how they can adapt their business strategies to be financially sustainable." --Abstract.

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Book proposal for an anthology of feminist academic and personal essays involving women in geek and sports fandom. For the purposes of this project, the term "geek" applies to fans of comics, video games, science fiction, and fantasy. --Abstract.

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A portion of a novel, a marketing & publicity strategy for the novel, and a paper on how novelists are increasingly being pressured to consider the market when they write. -- abstract.

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"This project explores the need for a functional adult ESL textbook and provides a sample unit for multiple levels. Designed specifically to accommodate the needs of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) program’s curriculum, Everyday ESL’s sample unit, proposed front matter and back matter provide an example of an ideal text to teach adults necessary, transactional language for daily use." --Abstract.

Overview "Although the Black Panther Party was only active from 1966 to 1982, the organization remains a topic of public fascination. 129 books have been written about the Panthers, and this paper examines the twenty-two books published by university presses between 2000 and 2010. I attempt to determine the reasons behind this surge of Black Panther books and how university publishers influenced the Party's historical memory. The Black Panther Party left behind a multilayered social, political, and...

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"Rexamines the lives of ten remarkable women in the deserts of the American West. As writers, artists, explorers, and leaders, these women carved out new spaces for women everywhere. Combining biography, history, memoir, and travel writing, Desert Sirens retells the West's history through its strange, enigmatic, and iconic women who have lived by their own rules in the deserts." --Abstract.

Overview "This project explores fanfiction's history, legality, and future in fandom. In order to best understand fanfiction's current status within the United States legal system, its history, both on and offline are explored. Additionally, fanfiction is analyzed through the legal lens of copyright, fair use, and libel, with other defenses for both copyright holders and fanfiction writers being considered. The commodification of fanfiction is also explored, as well as its moral and legal...

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The story of a girl growing up in a family business - a business built on love and dedication that became the center of her family's world, and a vital part of her own identity.

Overview "This project explores the entire acquisition and publication process of the Young Adult Urban fantasy trilogy, 'House of Shadows,' through the eyes of imagined independent publisher Folklore Press LLC. Included are comprehensive sales kits, a publication contract, production timelines, profit and loss statements, jacket covers, interior designs and content synopsis for each book, serial and subsidiary rights, and extensive research on YA consumer demographics and competitive titles on the...

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This project chronicles the development of the fifth edition revision of Generalist social work practice...The project contains and editorial plan, a rough design plan, and a marketing plan. -- abstract.

Overview "From the perspective of the fictious independent, science fiction and fantasy publisher, Golden Birch Press, this master's project presents the evolution of a manuscript being prepared for publication. The fantasy novel undertaken by Golden Birch Press is entitled, 'The Light Bearer' by Roman Baker. Beginning with acquiring the title to determining manufacturing and financial details, this project shows the steps the founder and editor, Chandler Wilson, took to adapt this manuscript into a...

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This master's project contains a business plan and sample articles for a magazine titled Hitched. This is a magazine for women planning their weddings and for newlyweds. -- abstract.

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"The purpose of this thesis is twofold: first, to understand the history and larger impact of the mainstream comic book industry and second, to critically approach the industry and the way it functions today. This thesis does both of those things through the use of critical theory, interviews, and historical research in order to put forth a thorough overview of the comic book industry and also examine the state of modern comics." --Abstract.

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In 1971, Beacon Press, publishing arm of the Unitarian Universalist Association, brought out the Senator Gravel Edition of the Pentagon Papers, the first full edition of the top secret Defense Department studies originally leaked by Daniel Ellsberg, which

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An examination of the successes and failures of various models of online fanfiction provides an in-depth study into the different, viable ways fanfiction can contribute to the publishing industry. --Abstract.

Overview "LGBTQ+ bookstores have provided an essential component of LGBTQ+ culture and history, serving not only as places to buy books, but also as cultural hubs and areas of discoverability, acceptance, and community. There were an estimated seventy-five to 100 LGBTQ+ bookstores in the United States at their peak in the 1990s, but there remain only six today. These bookstores have closed largely due to financial struggles, caused by high rent prices, the most recent economic recession, and...

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The purpose of this project was to design and edit a book of poetry and art, and to pay special attention to the process of collecting the work, choosing the order of the poems and artwork to create a flow... -- abstract.

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"This project is a web-accessible, interactive database of Indo-European languages mapped to their unique phonemic data sets and linguistic ancestries. This database coalesces the scattered and often difficult to locate phonological data into one comprehensive library and subsequently provides the opportunity for a user to disseminate the relationships between languages both within and across branches of the Indo-European language tree." --Abstract.

Overview "The aim of this project was to repackage Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic novels: 'The Secret Garden,' 'A Little Princess,' and 'Little Lord Fauntleroy.' I updated and designed all three books as a cohesive box set and additionally planned out and developed a layout for a board book version of 'The Secret Garden.' The purpose was to study how designers make decisions to repackage classics, what choices they make while designing new formats, and what demands different formats hold. This...