GrapplingHook
Submission toolkit
GrapplingHook
Submission toolkit
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Submission toolkit
A free, open-access toolkit for digital publishers to more easily accept alternate-medium works through their established submission processes
"The vast majority of fiction on the web is nonergodic: stories presented as linear text. Yet, in an age where everyone has a supercomputer in their pocket, literature can take on any shape imaginable."
"The vast majority of fiction on the web is nonergodic: stories presented as linear text. Yet, in an age where everyone has a supercomputer in their pocket, literature can take on any shape imaginable."
-James Yu, "Hyperliterature"
Where Publishing Was...
Where Publishing Was...
Daniel Niklaus Chodowiecki, "Die Buchdruckerei. (Beschreibung lt. Quelle)", circa 1770
Publishing used to be constrained by what was possible (and cost-effective) with physical mediums.
Publishing used to be constrained by what was possible (and cost-effective) with physical mediums.
Bill Sauro, "Photograph of researchers in southwest Main Reading Room," 1963
As authors sought professional publication, and as readers saw what was commonly available, written fiction developed over time to match publishers' needs and constraints.
As authors sought professional publication, and as readers saw what was commonly available, written fiction developed over time to match publishers' needs and constraints.
Where Publishing Is...
Where Publishing Is...
Werner Moser, "CMS Wordpress", 2014
With the advent of the Internet, the cost associated with physical printing was vastly diminished and the physical constraints no longer needed to be a major concern for publishers.
With the advent of the Internet, the cost associated with physical printing was vastly diminished and the physical constraints no longer needed to be a major concern for publishers.
Katherine Crighton, "Don't Grow Up," 2022
Digitally published works can be of infinite length, multiple mediums, nonlinear, dynamic, interactive, and more.
Digitally published works can be of infinite length, multiple mediums, nonlinear, dynamic, interactive, and more.
GrapplingHook: Meeting the Invisible Industry Need
GrapplingHook: Meeting the Invisible Industry Need
But even the most forward-thinking of digital publishers only have processes geared toward reviewing physical fiction--not the vast array of what fiction is and could be.
But even the most forward-thinking of digital publishers only have processes geared toward reviewing physical fiction--not the vast array of what fiction is and could be.
GrapplingHook is a free and open-source toolkit to help digital publishers more easily solicit and review works that don't easily fit in the traditional submission process.
GrapplingHook is a free and open-source toolkit to help digital publishers more easily solicit and review works that don't easily fit in the traditional submission process.
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