{"product_id":"pre-web-digital-publishing-and-the-lore-of-electronic-literature-9781108828888","title":"Pre-web Digital Publishing and the Lore of Electronic Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Astrid Ensslin\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Publishers \u0026amp; Publishing Industry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Element examines a watershed moment in the recent history of digital publishing through a case study of the pre-web, serious hypertext periodical, the Eastgate Quarterly Review of Hypertext (1994-1995). Early hypertext writing relied on standalone, mainframe computers and specialized authoring software. With the Web launching as a mass distribution platform, EQRH faced a fast-evolving technological landscape, paired with an emergent gift and open access economy. Its non-linear writing experiments afford key insights into historical, medium-specific authoring practices. Access constraints have left EQRH under-researched and threatened by obsolescence. To address this challenge, this study offers platform-specific analyses of all the EQRH's cross-media materials, including works that have hitherto escaped scholarly attention. It deploys a form of conceptually oral ethno-historiography: the lore of electronic literature. The Element deepens our understanding of the North American publishing industry's history and contributes to the overdue preservation of early digital writing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46446111752343,"sku":"9781108828888","price":1788.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781108828888.webp?v=1769136271","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/pre-web-digital-publishing-and-the-lore-of-electronic-literature-9781108828888","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}