Radical democratization of books? Notes from cartoneras experiences

Abstract

The article seeks to understand how the proposals of cartonera publishers,
which produce books with cardboard covers, impact questions about the right to editorial production and the production-distribution-consumption of books. Cartoneras organize themselves in various ways and are present in different territories and contexts, but they share the idea of cooperation and interconnection, creating new forms of sociability that, in our view, radically democratize publishing, allowing more people to participate in these processes. We start from the understanding that cartoneras might represent radical forms of production, based on a kind of anti confiscation of book practices.