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/>