Christine Larson -- "Love in the Time of Self-Publishing"

Name: Christine Larson -- "Love in the Time of Self-Publishing"
Start: 2024-06-05T18:30:00-06:00
Location: Boulder Bookstore

Schedule

Wed Jun 05 2024 at 06:30 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Boulder Bookstore | Boulder, CO

Christine Larson will speak about and sign her new book, Love in the Time of Self-Publishing: How Romance Writers Changed the Rules of Writing and Success, on Wednesday, June 5th at 6:30pm, at Boulder Bookstore.
Purchase tickets to attend at LarsonBBS.eventbrite.com
About the Book:
As writers, musicians, online content creators, and other independent workers fight for better labor terms, romance authors offer a powerful example--and a cautionary tale--about self-organization and mutual aid in the digital economy. In Love in the Time of Self-Publishing, Christine Larson traces the forty-year history of Romancelandia, a sprawling network of romance authors, readers, editors, and others, who formed a unique community based on openness and collective support. Empowered by solidarity, American romance writers--once disparaged literary outcasts--became digital publishing's most innovative and successful authors. Meanwhile, a new surge of social media activism called attention to Romancelandia's historic exclusion of romance authors of color and LGBTQ+ writers, forcing a long-overdue cultural reckoning.
Romancelandia's experience, Larson says, offers crucial lessons about solidarity for creators and other isolated workers in an increasingly risky employment world. Romancelandia's rise and near-meltdown shows that gaining fair treatment from platforms depends on creator solidarity--but creator solidarity, in turn, depends on fair treatment of all members.
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IMPORTANT TICKETING AND EVENT INFORMATION
*Tickets are $5 (plus a small processing fee).
*A coupon good for $5 off a copy of Love in the Time of Self-Publishing, or a purchase on the day of the event is included with your ticket. You will receive this coupon at the event.
*Please note: our events are held on the second floor. To request a reasonable accommodation or discuss your needs, contact [email protected].
*After purchasing your tickets, send an email to [email protected] if you're a Readers Guild member and you'd like to reserve a seat at this event. Seats must be reserved before 5pm on the day of the event.