Bibliodiversity - Diversity in the Book Market

Abstract

In 2010, the European Writers' Parliament adopted a declaration in favour of bibliodiversity. In the more than a decade since the adoption of the declaration, known as the Istanbul Declaration, bibliodiversity seems to have been favoured, with a wide variety of books being published by a wide range of publishers and authors. However, it is worth taking a closer look at the process of publishing in the 21st century, and not only in Europe, since the very concept of bibliodiversity is linked primarily to a group of South American publishers who, as early as the 1990s, were already taking a stand against the globalisation of the book market. Small publishers, small presses publishing fiction, regional authors, translations of literature in small languages, all require a specific analysis. Feminist literature, women authors and gender-related texts are also a separate category. In my study, I will try to shed light on the feminist aspects of bibliodiversity in addition to presenting its aspects.