Mrs Laura Jones

Laura Jones-Rivera is a SGSAH AHRC PhD Researcher in Publishing Studies at the University of Stirling.

Her thesis, ‘“The Cathedral and the Stock Market”: Combining Cultural and Institutional Theories Towards SME Publisher Sustainability’ questions how the “cathedral” of publishing studies theory and the “stock market” of institutional theories can combine to identify cultural policy and business sustainability improvements towards consistent, and therefore, diverse cultural output.

She was the publisher and co-founder of the award-winning publishing company 404 Ink, which operated from 2016 to 2026.

Laura has offered book typesetting, ebook creation services and publishing consultancy since 2015, while also being Interim Publisher at Dead Ink from late 2020 to early 2022, and Operations Manager at Charco Press since September 2024.

She previously studied Publishing Studies MLitt at the University of Stirling and English Literature MA at the University of Edinburgh even more previously.

She lives in Edinburgh, Scotland with her husband.