Entorno 2 UDLAP. Autopublicación

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SOCIEDAD

Lichtle, R. Entorno UDLAP, Núm. 2, 8-19, Mayo 2017

SOCIEDAD

ABSTRACT

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Ventajas para autores y lectores hispanos Por:

Lichtle Ventosa

DE ACUERDO CON LA ENLE

2015

EN PROMEDIO, UN MEXICANO LEE

3.5 LIBROS POR PLACER EN UN AÑO (conaculta 94).

Lichtle, R. (2017). «El estado actual de la auto-publicación y cómo su implementación en México podría ayudar tanto a autores como lectores». Entorno UDLAP, 2. Recibido: 1 de agosto de 2016. Aprobado: 18 de octubre de 2016.

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www.udlap.mx

LA AUTO-PUBLICACIÓN:

Nowadays many authors have shown preference for self-publishing methods over traditional publication because of their versatility and flexibility. However, currently some projects are trying to use and implement this new method in Mexico, but, as of now, Mexicans need to use other countries’ resources and institutions to benefit from self-publishing. The main propose of this research is to determine whether promoting online self-publishing in Mexico would benefit both authors and reader. While self-publishing has been defined as a great method in other countries, and its benefits against the traditional method has been proven, in Mexico there are not platforms for this kind of publishing. Considering this, we need to highlight Mexico’s biggest problems for implementing self-publishing. Our country has a really low reading per capita rate. According to the enle 2015 on average the typical Mexican reads 3.5 books for pleasure per year (conaculta 2015 94). Also, literary innovation goes often unrecognized and unpublished. Because of this, authors are now using resources and websites from other countries where they can publish their works. Neither well-known blog nor online platforms for self-publishing have been created in Mexico. Mexican writers who self-publish their works through foreign online platforms, usually do not reach their desired levels of success due to the fact that such websites target audiences with different tastes and culture. Actually, all this makes authors abandon their native language in order to cause higher impact. With this we can observe


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