Publicações eletrônicas no contexto das editoras universitárias brasileiras: um estudo sobre o processo de produção de e-books

Abstract

Numerous changes have taken place in the publishing process in the Brazilian publishing market. The challenges have grown rapidly with the advent and development of new technologies permeating the guidelines of publishers of all kinds. This paper presents the problem of identifying the technological processes used by Brazilian university publishers in the publishing of e-books. To this end, it sought to study these processes, identifying and characterizing the editorial policies adopted by Brazilian university publishers, as well as analysing the e-book publishing media and the methodologies used for editorial production by the publishers surveyed and thus outline the panorama of e-book publishing in the context of Brazilian university publishers. The research is of an observational nature, using mixed and documentary research, using the research universe of 167 university publishers linked to federal public universities in Brazil. Of the 167 publishers, the research identified that 128 are affiliated to the Brazilian Association of University Publishers. The data was collected using an online questionnaire prepared using the Google Forms platform. Of the 128 questionnaires distributed, 35 were returned. Based on the analysis carried out, it was possible to draw up an overview of the technological processes used by Brazilian university publishers. The results point to a significant role for librarians (28.9%) in the context of university publishing houses.