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Michelle Chen

@michellechn.bsky.social

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Senior Editor at University Press of Colorado acquiring books in composition & rhetoric, folklore, history, and polar studies. Formerly at OUP (music), Palgrave (politics) and Bloomsbury (33 1/3). Based in Brooklyn. Opinions my own.

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Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 8h

THIS. Also, check the publisher's website to make sure that they actually did publish said book (Amazon is not always a reliable source of metadata--shocker)

Andrew Berzanskis @aberzanskis.bsky.social · 8h

AI-generated "books" are flooding Amazon and other online retailers.

Here is a regular reminder: Take note of who published the books you read or buy.

Presses are perhaps more important than ever in helping identify trustworthy resources in a failing information ecosystem.

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Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 11h

Attention fellow people pleasers this morning I drafted a long email without a single random apology in it AMA

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Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 22h

I hate updates like this! It should be illegal. Like you mean I have to change my entire working BRAIN?

Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 22h

I saw them a few years back at Pioneer Works in BK and I think my cells are still reverberating (in a good way)

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Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 23h

Omg

Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 1d

Not to be dramatic but... ok actually yes, to be dramatic: the world will never be the same

Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 1d

I know right? What a loss.

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Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 1d

Me for the rest of today 😭

Screencapture from Always Be My Maybe movie with text "Shh it's D'Angelo. I don't need to know the words to know that it's emotional, and sensual, and full of melodic feelings, okay?"

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Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 1d

Thank YOU for making it!

Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 1d

Love this breakdown! Explains so neatly and simply why buying direct (from the press) is the best way to support authors.

Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 1d

Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

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University Press of Florida @floridapress.bsky.social · 2d

Don't miss our Fall 2025 Publishing Symposium on Thursday, Oct. 23, beginning at 1:00 pm! This free, virtual event is open to anyone who would like to learn more about book publishing. To register, click here: bit.ly/2025PublishingSymposium

This is a promotional graphic for the University Press of Florida’s Fall 2025 Publishing Symposium. It features the three sessions that make up the symposium, “Understanding Editors,” “Careers in Publishing,” and “Publishing Career Meetup,” as well as their respective start and end times in multicolored bands against an azure background. University Press of Florida and UF Press logos appear in white in the bottom right corner, while white text in the left corner reads, “Fall 2025 Publishing Symposium.”

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Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 2d

My heart rate went up reading this 😂

Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of Hallowe'en coming up, share a 4-word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

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Rachael Levay @rlevay.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of Hallowe'en coming up, share a 4-word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

The reviews are split.

Elizabeth d'Anjou @elizdanjou.bsky.social · 3d

In honor of Hallowe'en coming up, share a 4-word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

Copyedit this in Adobe.

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Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 2d

I mean if you’re not eating the whole pint in a sitting what are you doing?

Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 2d

Glad to see this handbook is moving forward!

Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 2d

those contagious foreign ideas...

Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 2d

Why is candy branding designed to make you feel bad? I'm sorry but I don't want to share this "share size" snickers bar I'm a glutton OK?

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Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 4d

Having candy at the table is ALWAYS the best move

Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 4d

I am not ok (in the best way)

Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 4d

Signs of a really amazing book:

1. You spend Friday night devouring it
2. You spend the rest of Friday night emotionally recovering from what it did to you

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Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 5d

Look up "prison burrito." You are welcome for the rabbit hole.

Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 5d

It's kind of connected! Aka food so terrible and not enough nutrition/calories sometimes that people have to get real creative with what's available in the commissary, and instant ramen is a reliable staple.

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Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 5d

Have you seen the Prison Ramen cookbook?

Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 5d

Trekkies are NOT to be messed with! I say this with the utmost respect.

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Michelle Chen @michellechn.bsky.social · 5d

And on the topic of childfree and happy, behold this photo of my cat (yes she has her own little living area it’s normal I’m normal)

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