INDIE BOOK CORNER SEBAGAI MEDIA SELF-PUBLISHING KAJIAN SOSIOLOGI PRODUKSI DAN DISTRIBUSI

Abstract

Latifah, Annas Chairunnisa. 2017. "Indie Book Corner as Self-Publishing Media Study of Production and Distribution Sociology" Thesis (S1) Indonesia Literature. Fakultas Ilmu Budaya Universitas Diponegoro. Adviser I Dr. Redyanto Noor, M.Hum. and adviser II Khotibul Umam, S.S., M.Hum. Indie Book Corner is a project that was founded as an effort to help novice writers or writers who are well established to publish his work in book form. The vision of Indie Book Corner itself is to make book production easier to enrich the treasury of Indonesian books, increasing interest in writing and reading. This thesis uses the theory of literary sociology of Robert Escarpit as a research approach. The purpose of this thesis is to know the system of production and distribution of Indie Book Corner as an indie publisher. The method used in this study is a qualitative method that uses data collection methods through literature study, observation, and interviews. The presentation of data analysis is done using descriptive descriptive analysis. The results of the analysis in this study, as follows: Indie Book Corner is a self publishing independent publisher that has been operating for eight years and has published hundreds of book titles. The book production system of this publisher includes script acceptance, editing, layout of cover design, and book printing. The process of working the script takes between 10 to 30 business days. Book distribution system includes promotion and sales. Indie Book Corner uses social media and reseller and dropshipper networks to conduct promotions and marketing. With a self-publishing system, the process of publishing a book becomes easier. Everyone can publish a book as long as it has enough script and capital. Keywords: Production, Distribution, Indie Book Corner