You'll have to excuse the fac that I'm not consulting any list of subject
headings to arrive at this suggested term, but the obvious choice to my mind
would be "Print-on-demand books" . . .that would certainly seem to be the
terminology employed by users.
Just my two cents.
best
Adam
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Quoting Sherman Clarke <[log in to unmask]>:
> David,
> I've also been chasing around, thinking about a genre term for blurb- and
> lulu-produced books, some of which are reconstituted web content. They're
> not quite the same as some of the LCSH terms, e.g., Self-publishing,
> Privately printed books, Vanity presses. The subject authority record for
> Blogs has a related-term reference from Citizen journalism. The latter term
> has a historical sound but it's a new record.
>
> This Triple Canopy title caught my eye and my copy is in the mail. Maybe
> after we've read *Invalid format*, we'll have a tighter idea of the genre.
>
> Let us know if you come up with a genre term that will allow us to
> collocate such resources in our catalogs.
>
> Sherman Clarke
> freelance art librarian
> Alfred, NY
>
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Senior, David <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
> > I've come across several examples of re-iterations of web content into
> > something that approaches an artist's publication or a little design book -
> > from tumblrs, blogs, electronic journals and into books. Seems like an
> > interesting movement - back and forth between these different media - and
> > seizing on design aspects of each format. Recently met with the editors of
> > Triple Canopy - they presented me with this book that is described below.
> > It's a manifestation of this genre of re-formatting journal content and
> > also an extended discussion of this kind of activity.
> >
> > one of the more humorous entries into the field is here -
> > http://www.isitartorfart.com/
> > this blog published a book last year with the same title. It is a
> > collection of photography, collected or taken by the bloggers, that record
> > "coincidental moments in everyday life that, when isolated and named by
> > artist, bear uncanny resemblance to art seen in museums and galleries
> > around the globe."
> >
> > genre term, anyone?
> >
> > --
> > David Senior
> > Bibliographer
> > Museum of Modern Art Library
> > 11 W. 53rd St.
> > New York, NY 10019
> >
> >
> > *Invalid Format: An Anthology of Triple Canopy, Volume 1
> > *Perfect-bound, 336 pp, 6 x 9 in.
> > Black and white, gatefold cover
> > ISBN 978-0-9847346-0-3
> >
> > $25 available online here:
> > http://canopycanopycanopy.com/Support#artwork
> >
> > Triple Canopy <http://canopycanopycanopy.com/> is pleased to announce the
> > publication of *Invalid Format: An Anthology of Triple Canopy, Volume 1*.
> > The book, designed in collaboration with Project Projects, is at once an
> > archive of Triple Canopy's widespread publishing activities and a
> > translation into print of projects that originally appeared in other forms.
> > This inaugural volume of Invalid Format includes artist projects and
> > literary work published in the first year of Triple Canopy's existence,
> > documentation of public programs, and a sampling of foundational
> > correspondence. In form and content, the book explores how works produced
> > for the screen might fully inhabit the page. Consider *Invalid Format* a
> > new design for reading, the book as content-management system.
> >
> > Contributors include Lene Berg, Joseph Clarke, Rivka Galchen, Adam Helms,
> > Sheila Heti, Dan Hoy, the International Necronautical Society, Craig
> > Kalpakjian, Jon Kessler, Wayne Koestenbaum, Rachel Mason, Amir Mogharabi,
> > Rachel Owens, Ed Park & Rachel Aviv, the Poetic Research Bureau, John
> > Powers, Emily Richardson & Iain Sinclair, Michael Robinson, and Diane
> > Williams.
> >
> > *About Triple Canopy*
> > Triple Canopy is an online magazine, workspace, and platform for editorial
> > and curatorial activities. Working collaboratively with writers, artists,
> > and researchers, Triple Canopy facilitates projects that engage the
> > Internet’s specific characteristics as a public forum and as a medium, one
> > with its own evolving practices of reading and viewing, economies of
> > attention, and modes of interaction. In doing so, Triple Canopy is charting
> > an expanded field of publication, drawing on the history of print culture
> > while acting as a hub for the exploration of emerging forms and the public
> > spaces constituted around them. Triple Canopy is a nonprofit 501(c)3
> > organization.
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