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Elinor Potts

@elinorpotts.bsky.social
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Writer and publishing comms person at LSE Press. Bookseller Rising Star 2025. ALPSP Rising Star 2025. Yoga Teacher.

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Open Institutional Publishing Association @oipassoc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
📢 ALPSP is looking for volunteers to join its Marketing Connected Special Interest Group (SIG). Help grow the community and create opportunities for members to connect and share experiences. Get in touch with@elinorpotts.bsky.social to learn more.
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Elinor Potts @elinorpotts.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Hire @scholtom.bsky.social immediately for all of your jaunty digital collaging needs!
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Open Institutional Publishing Association @oipassoc.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
NEW BLOG: ‘Dare to boast: In defence of book marketing & celebrating wins.’ @elinorpotts.bsky.social invites us to celebrate achievement, "not for vanity, but for visibility & as an antidote to pessimistic academic publishing industry pressures." 🫡 Red the full blog: oipauk.org/2026/04/21/o...
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Simon is on strike ✊🏻 @simonxix.com · 31/03/2026
All finished! The full text of my presentation is available at opensauce.simonxix.com/eor2025/ #UKSG2026
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small changes: taking back control of research through open software
This is the text of a paper I delivered at Edinburgh Open Research Conference 2025 on 2025-06-04 led by the conference question "What's stopping you?". It has been edited from the original to incorpor...
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Elinor Potts @elinorpotts.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Nick Drake + A sunny yet crisp Spring morning = Immaculate mental health 📈
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LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
"Studying for an apprenticeship breaks down siloes and widens the perspective to a broader marketplace of ideas and ways of working." @elinorpotts.bsky.social writes on the value of apprenticeships in book publishing for @thebookseller.com ✅ Read more here: www.thebookseller.com/comment/appr...
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Apprenticeships in book publishing matter more than ever
Publishing needs to ditch old assumptions and embrace the power of apprenticeships, says writer and communications leader Elinor Potts
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Elinor Potts @elinorpotts.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Delighted to announce I've been selected for the CIVICA Staff Mobility Scheme through my work at @lsepress.bsky.social and excited to start working with colleagues at @sthlmschoolofecon.bsky.social's Marketing & Communications team in May 2026. 🌍 Vi ses nästa år! 👋 info.lse.ac.uk/staff/divisi...
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CIVICA Staff Mobility Scheme Selected Candidates
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Open Institutional Publishing Association @oipassoc.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Time for @elinorpotts.bsky.social from @lsepress.bsky.social to give her presentation: ‘Dare to boast! In defence of book marketing and celebrating wins’ #OAWeek2025 #Publishing
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Elinor Potts @elinorpotts.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
I'm giving a talk at the @oipassoc.bsky.social symposium! My presentation argues for marking victories in open access and makes the radical proposition it's what Schopenhauer would have wanted (ft pessimistic quotes in cheugy fonts) No idea what that means? Register to find out 💅 #EllieLovesCanva
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Elinor Potts @elinorpotts.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
I cannot overstate how much accessing Brighton and Hove Libraries as a child in the late 90s / early 00s fundamentally shaped who I am and informed my career in book publishing. ❌❌ Shame on Brighton and Hove City Council for trying to cut a vital service. www.thebookseller.com/news/campaig...
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Campaigners gather to protest Brighton & Hove's library closure plans
Campaigners gathered outside the Westdene Library in Brighton to protest its closure on Tuesday 7th October.
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LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
New blog! LSE Press's Ellie Potts @elinorpotts.bsky.social wins 2 Rising Star Awards @alpsp.bsky.social @thebookseller.com 🏆 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsepress/202... #Awards #Publishing
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LSE Press Communications Coordinator selected for 2 rising star awards - LSE Press
We are delighted to announce that LSE Press's Communications Coordinator, Ellie Potts, has won two Rising Star Awards from The Bookseller and ALPSP for her work
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Philippa Grand @philippagrand.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Congratulations to @lsepress.bsky.social's Comms Coordinator, @elinorpotts.bsky.social - one of this year's @alpsp.bsky.social's Rising Stars. This is also hot on the heels of being selected as a @thebookseller.com Rising Star too! We are very lucky to have you Ellie - congratulations! 🎉🎉🎉
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Elinor Potts @elinorpotts.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Really enjoyed speaking with Margath and @jakehodder.bsky.social for this piece for the @lsepress.bsky.social blog. Lots of tips for ECRs and folks interested in publishing with the RGS-IBG monograph series 👇 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsepress/202...
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Five minutes with Margath Walker and Jake Hodder, RGS-IBG -
How can geography publishing reflect today’s diverse and complex world? In this blog, we spoke with the RGS-IBG series editors: Margath Walker and Jake Hodder.
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Elinor Potts @elinorpotts.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Delighted to have been named an @alpsp.bsky.social Rising Star 2025 and looking forward to the upcoming annual conference in Manchester next week. Do say hello! 👋 www.alpsp.org/news-publica... #ALPSPConference #ScholarlyPublishing #ScholarlyCommunications #AcademicPublishing
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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 18/07/2025
The 15th edition of #'The BooksellerRisingStars features a list of the trade’s up-and-comers that is more international in its make-up, and outlook, than ever 👇 #BookSky
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The Bookseller Rising Stars cosmopolitan Class of 2025
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Elinor Potts @elinorpotts.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Thanks to @philippagrand.bsky.social and also to the team at @thebookseller.com for organising, chuffed to have been selected as a Rising Star 2025 ❤️
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Philippa Grand @philippagrand.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Really great advice here from our Comms Lead @elinorpotts.bsky.social to authors on promoting your book or article - a crucial, but often overlooked or misunderstood, part of the publishing process.
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Miranda Prynne @mirandaprynne.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Promoting your book or #research paper requires different skills from those needed to produce it. Here’s everything you need to know, from @elinorpotts.bsky.social of @lsepress.bsky.social: ow.ly/qn0U50W8r5S #publishing #academicsky #PhDsky #highered
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How to promote your book with confidence
Promoting your book or research paper requires different skills from those needed to produce it. Here’s everything you need to know
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Elinor Potts @elinorpotts.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
My fav academic book marketing tips for @timeshighered.bsky.social ✅️
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Elinor Potts @elinorpotts.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Today - don't miss! 🦉
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Andres Saenz de Sicilia @asaenzdesicilia.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Looking forward to this launch event for the new issue of The Philosopher. London friends, come along! @philosopher1923.bsky.social @schuringa.bsky.social @tatianallaguno.bsky.social Tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/theph... New issue here: www.thephilosopher1923.org/current-issue
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Elinor Potts @elinorpotts.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
London Marxists 🚩 The Philosopher journal are launching a new special issue on Marx and Philosophy at (obviously) the Marx Memorial Library on 29th May. Make sure you're there 🗞 Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/theph... @philosopher1923.bsky.social
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LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
What can open institutional publishing offer? How is it making a difference, and why does it matter? 📖 💬 From bibliodiversity to author care; LSE Press's @philippagrand.bsky.social & @suzannetatham.bsky.social explore the overdue comeback of institutional publishing for @timeshighered.bsky.social.
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Six reasons why open institutional publishing matters
A new wave of institutional publishers is changing the way we think about academic publishing. Here’s why they’re worth watching
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Elinor Potts @elinorpotts.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
"Research as a leisure activity includes a desire to ask and answer questions, a commitment to evidence, an understanding of what already exists, an output, a certain degree of contemporary relevance, and a community." Mega writing at Celine Nguyen's substack 🌙 www.personalcanon.com/p/research-a...
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research as leisure activity
my favorite form of entertainment is downloading PDFs ✦ plus favorite Fluxus artists and early programs
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LSE Review of Books @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Which books were LSE blog editors gripped by in 2024? 📚✨ Six LSE blog editors recommend their #BestBooks of the year. @lseimpactblog.bsky.social @lseimpactblog.bsky.social @lsepress.bsky.social @lseir.bsky.social
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LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
We are hiring! 🎉 Production Manager, LSE Press - £42,429 to £50,656 If you are interested in joining an ambitious non-profit open access press, find out more here: buff.ly/3Vu8j9U Applications close 16 December 2024 @lseblogs.bsky.social @ipghq.bsky.social @aupresses.bsky.social
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Elinor Potts @elinorpotts.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
A terrific final event of 2024 for LSE Press. Yeah I'm biased, but our authors and team are all completely brilliant. We have some fabulous books in the pipeline for the new year too, stay tuned! 📻
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Elinor Potts @elinorpotts.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Great opportunity for graduates looking to break into academic publishing - come and work with my wonderful team at LSE Press / LSE Library 💫
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Philippa Grand @philippagrand.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I love this fascinating insight to discussions on publishing @elinorpotts.bsky.social found in the LSE archives - showing not only the importance of publishing, but how much publishing has changed. Much less cigarette burns in the paperwork - or indeed much paperwork - these days!
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Elinor Potts @elinorpotts.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Come and work with my team!! ✨️
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LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · 16/10/2024
What publishing activities existed at LSE before LSE Press was founded in 2018? 📖 Writing for #lsehistory blog, @elinorpotts.bsky.social dives into @lselibrary.bsky.social archives ahead of our symposium on the future of #socsci publishing. blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2... @lseblogs.bsky.social
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The untold story of publishing at LSE
What publishing activities existed at the London School of Economics and Political Science before the official publishing house, LSE Press, was founded in 2018? Elinor Potts explores the LSE archives.
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LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · 06/12/2023
We are hiring!🎉 ➡️LSE Press are seeking a highly motivated, creative individual with experience of working in academic publishing, as our Head of Publishing, to lead the next phase of LSE Press's growth. ➡️Details: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... Applications close 7 January @lselibrary.bsky.social
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