Paratexts

Seuils published 1987

Thresholds of interpretation

Epitext and Peritext

Five Dimensions

Spatial

Temporal

Substantial

Pragmatic

Functional

Spatial

Position of paratext

Answers question "Where?"

Movement

E-reader affordances

Ellen McCracken

Centrifugal and centripetal

Privacy

Yellow-back

"James Effect"

Data collection

Temporal

Appearance and disappearance of paratext

Answers question "When?"

"Prenatal" Paratexts

Joyce: Homeric chapter titles

Blogs to books

Unpublishing

Preservation

Ebook editions

File format

DRM

Substantial

Mode of existence (form) of paratext

Answers question "How?"

Audiobooks

Paratext or adaptation?

Additional materials

Alter interpretation

Ebook / App Hybrid

"Enhanced" ebook

Interactive ebooks

Geolocal ebooks

Pragmatic

Concerned with sender and addressee

Answers question "From whom? To whom?"

Digital Social Edition

A Social Edition of the Devonshire Manuscript

Social Paper

Functional

Purpose of the paratext

Answers the question "what is it good for?"

Future?

Content vs. Form

Fluidity

Presentation

Transformation