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Jenny Tan
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acquisitions editor, medieval/early modern, literature, anthropology of race, education, social justice @PennPress | phd, comparative literature @UCBerkeley

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megireid.bsky.social
Small-press publishers do all of this on extremely limited budgets, often without adequate pay themselves – and, in many instances, any pay at all. At the same time, their books are held to industry standard and compete with titles produced by big publishers: nominated for the same prizes, sold in the same bookshops
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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profkfh.bsky.social
Want a taste of *Sweet Taste of Empire*? See this pre-launch discussion w/ a former student about the book, my relationship to writing and to food -- and why it's not just about the early modern. #booksky #RaceB4Race #ShakeRace #writing #foodhistory #history
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“Brown Sugar Makes the World Go ‘Round”: A Conversation with Kim F. Hall on The Sweet Taste of Empire | Barnard Center for Research on Women
Tomisin Fasosi interviews Kim F. Hall on her new book, The Sweet Taste of Empire
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October 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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dan-sinnamon.bsky.social
Stephanie's essay on D. A. Miller on Jane Austen is, alone, worth the price of admission! It's how I'm closing out my grad seminar on close reading this semester, paired with her Norton Library edited edition of Sense and Sensibility.

All to say: buy the book! It's shipping!
sinsleyh.bsky.social Stephanie Insley Hershinow @sinsleyh.bsky.social · Oct 6
Truly think this volume is great, and I can’t wait for you to read it!
October 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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pennpress.bsky.social
Next week, Penn Press authors @georginaemw.bsky.social (PAPER AND THE MAKING OF EARLY MODERN LITERATURE) and @wsperrazza.bsky.social (ANATOMICAL FORMS) will discuss their books in a virtual panel! See the flyer for more info, and join the event on Thursday Sept. 18 at 12 p.m. CDT / 6 p.m. BST!
September 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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jameeljaffer.bsky.social
One thing to note about this is that it was apparently a double-tap strike: Israel killed one journalist (among others) in the first strike, waited a few minutes, and then carried out a second strike that killed first-responders and other journalists. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Israel hits Gaza hospital, killing at least 15 people, including journalists
Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza on Monday killed at least 15 people, including three journalists, one of whom worked for Reuters, Palestinian health officials said.
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August 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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icpetrie.bsky.social
📢 AHOY, you can get @sarialtschuler.bsky.social's The Medical Imagination: Literature and Health in the Early United States in PB for a mere $8.74....see it & selected titles at 75% off from @pennpress.bsky.social
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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Franklin's Faves: 75% Off Select Titles! - University of Pennsylvania Press
Welcome to Franklin’s Faves—a special section of the Penn Press website where you’ll always find 20 of our favorite titles for 75% off the listed price! Below, you can shop... READ MORE
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August 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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zugenia.bsky.social
It looks like my book A FUNNY THING: EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE UNDISCIPLINED is available for preorder, and will be out next month!

Please ask your university libraries to order it—if enough copies sell, it will flip to open access!

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A Funny Thing
Cambridge Core - English Literature 1700-1830 - A Funny Thing
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May 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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andcleverness.bsky.social
I'm language editing a manuscript by a nonnative English speaker and something I think is really cool about this work is the new-to-me words and sometimes beautifully unusual turns of phrase because the writer's vocabulary and syntactic imagination aren't as limited by convention as mine are
August 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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rcolesworthy.bsky.social
Authors often give me so much more personal info than I technically need. Running late? No worries. I get it. No Qs asked. But now I get why they do it -- because many people will assume you're not truly unavailable unless you unload tons of details about the exact hardship you're dealing with.
August 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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chris-robinson.bsky.social
Hot tip for authors: make sure you treat the people responsible for producing and marketing your book with respect. I mean that is the bare minimum and should go without saying, but it's amazing how some folks don't realize how they're shooting themselves in the foot.
August 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
byjennytan.bsky.social
once again putting forward my hot take that treatment for mental health issues caused by work should be covered by workers comp
August 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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rcolesworthy.bsky.social
publishing related emails are very, very, very rarely truly "high importance"
July 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
byjennytan.bsky.social
have been enjoying telling my authors of long mss that they can make significant progress towards meeting their word count limit by removing the location from all their citations
johngmarks.com John Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com · Jun 23
OH MY GOD when did Chicago Manual of Style stop requiring publisher location in citations???

I just yelled "WHAT??!" out loud in my living room and my wife was very let down by what elicited that reaction.
June 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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lportwoodstacer.bsky.social
See you at #AUPresses25 on Monday!
rcolesworthy.bsky.social Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · Jun 4
PSA: Mon 6/9 I’m moderating an @aupresses.bsky.social panel w/ @stephanieyevans.bsky.social, @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social, @jsavrankelly.bsky.social, & @byjennytan.bsky.social about editorial labor—in house & freelance, acq & production, scholarly & developmental. Join us! whova.com/web/TpWjMk1C...
12:45 pm – 2:00 pm What kind of editor are you? ACQUISITIONS EDITORIAL EJIB DESIGN AND PRODUCTION · Stephanie Y. Evans, Professor, Georgia State University · Jennifer Savran Kelly, Senior Production Editor, CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS · Jenny Tan, Acquisitions Editor, University of Pennsylvania Press · Rebecca Colesworthy, Sr. Acquisitions Editor, The State University of New York Press · Laura Portwood-Stacer, Developmental editor and publishing consultant, Manuscript Works Description Acquisitions editors are often the most public face of university presses—meeting with authors at conferences and speaking on panels about how to publish your book. But many kinds of editors support and enable the book and journal publishing processes. And even acquisitions editors' jobs are often misunderstood. "You don't read manuscripts all day?" People ask in surprise. Becoming an editor may be touted as an “alt-ac” career option to graduate students, but without much information about where to start, how to advance, and the full variety of editorial work out there. Similarly, scholars are often under-informed about how they might further engage in editing, e.g. as series editors, journal editors, or even editorial board members. This panel will bring together a diverse swath of editors to highlight and discuss different kinds of editorial roles and labor, both in-house and freelance, from the initial development stage to production. In shedding light on these roles, the panel aims to demystify the publishing process, including for in-house staff who may feel siloed in their respective departments; to build mutual understanding and solidarity; to illuminate different possible professional paths for early career folx; and to reflect on the ways different kinds of editors build commitments to equity and belonging into their work.
June 4, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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rcolesworthy.bsky.social
PSA: Mon 6/9 I’m moderating an @aupresses.bsky.social panel w/ @stephanieyevans.bsky.social, @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social, @jsavrankelly.bsky.social, & @byjennytan.bsky.social about editorial labor—in house & freelance, acq & production, scholarly & developmental. Join us! whova.com/web/TpWjMk1C...
12:45 pm – 2:00 pm What kind of editor are you? ACQUISITIONS EDITORIAL EJIB DESIGN AND PRODUCTION · Stephanie Y. Evans, Professor, Georgia State University · Jennifer Savran Kelly, Senior Production Editor, CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS · Jenny Tan, Acquisitions Editor, University of Pennsylvania Press · Rebecca Colesworthy, Sr. Acquisitions Editor, The State University of New York Press · Laura Portwood-Stacer, Developmental editor and publishing consultant, Manuscript Works Description Acquisitions editors are often the most public face of university presses—meeting with authors at conferences and speaking on panels about how to publish your book. But many kinds of editors support and enable the book and journal publishing processes. And even acquisitions editors' jobs are often misunderstood. "You don't read manuscripts all day?" People ask in surprise. Becoming an editor may be touted as an “alt-ac” career option to graduate students, but without much information about where to start, how to advance, and the full variety of editorial work out there. Similarly, scholars are often under-informed about how they might further engage in editing, e.g. as series editors, journal editors, or even editorial board members. This panel will bring together a diverse swath of editors to highlight and discuss different kinds of editorial roles and labor, both in-house and freelance, from the initial development stage to production. In shedding light on these roles, the panel aims to demystify the publishing process, including for in-house staff who may feel siloed in their respective departments; to build mutual understanding and solidarity; to illuminate different possible professional paths for early career folx; and to reflect on the ways different kinds of editors build commitments to equity and belonging into their work.
June 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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lpennywark.bsky.social
Thinking about this smart discussion from @byjennytan.bsky.social on signposting in scholarly writing today networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
The Problem with "I Argue that..." | H-Net
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June 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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joolia.bsky.social
It is not blood libel to state accurately who is being killed and by whom. If the IDF and its supporters do not want its reputation linked to the slaughter of more than 16,000 babies and children, I would suggest they stop killing babies and children.
May 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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rcolesworthy.bsky.social
I just shared @byjennytan.bsky.social's great @hnetbookchannel.bsky.social piece on effective and not-so-effective uses of "I argue that" and other metalanguage in scholarly writing with an author, so now I've come here to share it with all of you, too. A+ advice!

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May 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
byjennytan.bsky.social
dont’t! steal! books! from! the! exhibit! when! the! exhibitor! is! at! lunch!!!
May 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
byjennytan.bsky.social
favorite conference swag ever
An image of a “Popemon” card in the style of a Pokémon card
May 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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pennpress.bsky.social
If you're attending #Kzoo2025, come visit us in the book exhibit tomorrow, Saturday 5/10, where we'll be giving away our display copies to graduate students and contingent scholars between 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. (limit one book per person)!

#kzooicms #ICMS #medievalstudies
May 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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lportwoodstacer.bsky.social
The @princetonupress.bsky.social annual 50% off sale is on and it's lowest price you'll see THE BOOK PROPOSAL BOOK all year (it's even better than my author discount or the bulk purchase discount, so stock up now for faculty & friends). Use code BLOOM50

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The Book Proposal Book
A step-by-step guide to crafting a compelling scholarly book proposal—and seeing your book through to successful publication
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April 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM