Title: Library of Artistic Print on Demand - Post-Digital Publishing in Times of Platform CapitalismPublished by: Spector Books, Leipzig
Release Date: 2025
Contributors: Anette GILBERT, Andreas BÜHOF
Genre: design / typography
Pages: 720
ISBN13: 978-3-95905-697-7
18.500 HUF
Print-on-demand has revolutionized the world of books. As analog-digital hybrids, PoD books are the very embodiment of the post-digital age. Digital printing and low-threshold online platforms such as Blurb, Lulu, or Kindle Direct Publishing make it possible for virtually anyone to publish instantly and worldwide—without financial investment or risk. This opens up spaces beyond the traditional book market and leads to a democratization of production. At the same time, this new radius of action is fundamentally dependent on the rules and interests of the platforms themselves. Out of this tension, an entire subculture has emerged—one that tests the book once again for its possible contents, aesthetics, materialities, economies, and publics, while also critically reflecting and negotiating our digital present.
