Claire Parnell

Cover for Inequalities of Platform Publishing: The Promise and Peril of Self-Publishing in the Digital Book Era by Claire Parnell. Releases 28 October 2025.

My book, Inequalities of Platform Publishing, is out soon! Through original interviews, walkthroughs, metadata analysis, it uncovers race, gender, and sexual biases in popular publishing platforms.

Preorder at UMass: lnkd.in/gWr7hKAe (use code UMASS20 to save 20%) or anywhere books are sold.

Details : Tutor/Senior Tutor in Publishing and Communications : The University of Melbourne Careers at The University of Melbourne

We're hiring a tutor/senior tutor to teach into the publishing and communications program at the University of Melbourne. It's a program with great colleagues (if I do say so myself), excellent subjects and even better students! jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91918...

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An Open Letter to Our Publishers

With the election of the trump administration and its policies as embodied by Project 2025, we authors have deep concerns about how our publishers will be operating and how publishers will advocate for and protect authors. Trump's agenda explicitly calls for the criminalization of authors, teachers, librarians, and publishing professionals with the consequences including, "imprison[ment]," and being "classed as registered sex offenders" (pg 4 Project 2025)

For authors who are not citizens, this could also result in deportation. This promises to be a pro-censorship, pro-book-banning administration, and the successful implementation of its policies will require willing compliance of America's institutions, including its corporations. The freedom to write is as important as the freedom to read. We have been heartened by many publishers' willingness to engage in legal and legislative pathways to fight book banning and want to be sure that you will double-down on your fight during this consequential time.

This past week AABB help open forums with authors from all genres and age levels to better understand author concerns and needs. While this may not be a complete list due to the rapid turnaround, we know we have a short time before January to prepare for what is to come and we want to this start this conversation sooner rather than later.

An Open Letter to our Publishers has been sent to over 90 Publishing CEOs this morning in response to the concerns of our members. 1/4

The Social Life of Canapés The Social Life of Canapés, a project conducted by Beth Driscoll (University of Melbourne) and Claire Squires (University of Stirling), focuses on an intentionally insubstantial foodstuff – t…

What’s the most unusual canapé you’ve had at a work function?

@clairesquires.bsky.social and I are researching canapés and would love your participation. DM or post text, image or audio recordings about canapés with the tag #canaperesearch. More info: ullapoolism.wordpress.com/2024/11/04/t...

So many romance books (and related lit) are being flagged as adult material on a range of platforms, including phrases and visuals that are conventions of the genre and significant to community. It’s a slippery slope and art & literature, especially LGBTQ+ works and creators, are absolutely at risk.

Hi Elisabeth, absolutely! Done. What an interesting project!

HarperCollins is selling their authors’ work to AI tech. On Friday, author Daniel Kibblesmith posted a series of screenshots on Bluesky in order to share a concerning email he received from the agency who’d repped him on his children’s book S…

If you’re a HarperCollins author, I strongly suggest getting together with your agent and sending a very strong preemptive “FUCK THIS” their way.
lithub.com/harpercollin...

I started a Publishing Studies and Book History starter pack! Please add friends and let me know if you’d like to be included. go.bsky.app/B1zWxN8

Of course! I should get on that too…

Hey Agata! I have already :)

Got another one going here, too! Let's combine forces!
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I started a Publishing Studies and Book History starter pack! Please add friends and let me know if you’d like to be included. go.bsky.app/B1zWxN8

Hey! Would love to be added if possible. I research romance/erotica and platform book publishing which is very adjacent

Hey Jess! Would love to be added if there’s still space 🫶