Russian Publishing System: From Printed Samizdat to Electronic Self-Publishing
Journal: Observatory of Culture
Year: 2024

The proliferation of unofficial, informal publications has accompanied mankind since the emergence of book culture. The reasons for this could be either a desire to circumvent censorship restrictions or a lack of need for a wide audience or official publication status. Terms such as “amateur book publishing”, “samizdat” and “self-publishing” are used to describe this process and its result. Amateur publishing, synonymous with non-professional publishing, can be aimed at both the creative realiza