[Air-L] Announcing a new book series that is now open for submissions

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On Jul 27, 2022, at 9:06 PM, Jordan Frith via Air-L <air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I’m emailing to announce that we’re launching a new book series on Parlor
> Press that might be of interest to some of you. The series is called “The
> X-Series,” <https://parlorpress.com/pages/x-series> and we picked an
> intentionally open-ended series name because we’re open to a wide range of
> ideas from authors. I think a bunch of people on this listserv could be
> great fits.
> 
> We’re also trying to do something a bit non-traditional with our new book
> series. The series will publish shorter, peer-reviewed books (~35k words)
> that are deep dives into a specific topic: it could be an oft-ignored
> technology, a single word, a concept, a moment in history, or whatever else
> you think of. I'm open to ideas. And most importantly, we want X-Series
> books to be *fun*. We want books that bridge the gap between academic and
> public writing and tell us something new about things we take for granted.
> 
> Anyways, we just launched and hope to get some inquiries from some of you.
> Also, for a bit of background on Parlor Press…Parlor is a growing
> independent academic publisher that had a book longlisted for a National
> Book Award last year. The Press was created in 2002 and has published more
> than 500 authors (~350 books total), including multiple high impact
> academic books. If you want more info, I can send you a Parlor Press fact
> sheet.
> 
> Please don’t hesitate to reach out with questions. I am truly open to a
> wide range of ideas that fit the series, so if you have that shorter book
> you’ve always wanted to write, maybe this is your chance. Finally, feel
> free to share widely and send other people our way if they might be
> interested.
> 
> Thanks so much,
> 
> -- 
> 
> Jordan Frith, Ph.D.
> 
> Pearce Professor of Professional Communication
> 
> Clemson University
> 
> Pronouns: He/Him
> 
> Book review editor of the *Journal of Business & Technical Communication*
> 
> Editor-in-Chief, *Communication Design Quarterly*
> 
> Editor, *The X-Series <https://parlorpress.com/pages/x-series>*, Parlor
> Press
> 
> My Google Scholar Profile
> <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OtvmSE0AAAAJ&hl=en>
> 
> My personal website <https://jordanfrith.com/>
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