ORW: Experimental Book Publishing: Tools, Practices, and Books to Promote the Publication of Experimental Scholarly Works.
Delivered online as part of Northumbria Open Research Week 2024. Presented Monday 18th March 2024.
In this talk Janneke and Simon from the Open Book Futures Experimental Publishing Group will introduce, map, and situate experimental book publishing in the context of the Humanities and Social Sciences. They will present the Experimental Publishing Compendium that their team designed as part of the COPIM project as a guide and reference for scholars, publishers, developers, librarians, and designers who want to challenge, push and redefine the shape, form and rationale of scholarly books.
Some examples of experimental books:
Metagaming: Playing, Competing, Spectating, Cheating, Trading, Making, and Breaking Videogames https://compendium.copim.ac.uk/books/80
Annotation https://compendium.copim.ac.uk/books/68
Cut/Copy/Paste: Fragments from the History of Bookwork https://compendium.copim.ac.uk/books/102