Abstract
Binding fan fiction into books is an increasingly popular phenomenon that follows in the footsteps of twentieth-century fanzines and challenges the current perception of fic as an exclusively digital form. Fan binders complicate book historical notions of bookmaking as a commercially driven enterprise by infusing it with affective connotations that rearrange the book production model of Robert Darnton's communication circuit. The notion of a fan fiction communication circuit extends Darnton's model to account for the noncommercial, reciprocal practices of fan fiction production. Members of Renegade Bindery, a community of fan binders on Discord, provide testimony regarding their philosophy, technique, and motivation that paints a complex picture of contemporary private bookbinding practices that construes value for printed works through affective labor rather than commercial return.
Highlights
The following is the list of 32 questions asked of the bookbinders/respondents over the course of two weeks from July 15 to July 31, 2020
Q2 What is the first fic that you bound? Have you mostly stuck to that fandom or expanded the works you bind?
Q12 What experiences do you have with fic loss?
Summary
Q2 What is the first fic (and fandom) that you bound? Have you mostly stuck to that fandom or expanded the works you bind?. The following is the list of 32 questions asked of the bookbinders/respondents over the course of two weeks from July 15 to July 31, 2020. Q2 What is the first fic (and fandom) that you bound? Have you mostly stuck to that fandom or expanded the works you bind? Q3 Do you read the fic before you bind it?
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