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Confidentiality and Data Protection

Policy Library Employee Handbook

Personal Data punctum books is the data controller of personal data of the following groups: St...

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Compensation and Benefits

Policy Library Employee Handbook

Compensation Baseline salaries are inflation-adjusted on an annual basis. An annual bonus is det...

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(Non-)Working Hours

Policy Library Employee Handbook

Working Hours Working hours are a standard 40 hours per week. Staff is allowed to organize these...

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Code of Conduct

Policy Library Employee Handbook

All staff of punctum books is expected to abide by our general Code of Conduct. Furthermore, the...

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Employment Basics

Policy Library Employee Handbook

Employment contract types Full-time employees work 1 fte = 40 hours per week on average. Part-...

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Preface

Policy Library Employee Handbook

punctum books’s employee handbook is a document that has been crafted with the help of our very o...

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Thoth

About Our Book Production Process Open Source Software

We use Thoth for our metadata management and dissemination. This is also the place you can downlo...

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Ghost

About Our Book Production Process Open Source Software

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NextCloud

About Our Book Production Process Open Source Software

NextCloud is used as the cloud platform on which all our files live. This is also where the versi...

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Metabase

About Our Book Production Process Open Source Software

We use Metabase for the data visualization of usage statistics. This is still under development a...

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Mattermost

About Our Book Production Process Open Source Software

Mattermost is a chat program that we use for our internal communication (we have phased out most ...

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InvoiceNinja

About Our Book Production Process Open Source Software

We use InvoiceNinja for invoicing. Our server is https://billing.punctumbooks.com/.

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Bookstack

About Our Book Production Process Open Source Software

Bookstack is the platform that we use for the internal and public-facing documentation of punctum...

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Is there a set deadline for me to deliver my final manuscript?

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We do not have any preset deadline for you to turn in your final manuscript. We are aware that ev...

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Where will my book be available?

FAQ

Your book will be available in print form initially through KDP to Amazon and all of it (global) ...

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When are review copies ready?

FAQ

We do not print advance copies of our books. Since we print our books via print-on-demand, review...

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Can my friend/acquaintance be involved in the design of the cover of my book?

FAQ

At punctum books we have a distinctive cover style that we try to maintain, so we design our cove...

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Can I be involved in the design of my book?

FAQ

We always involve authors in the design of their book, but as a press we also have a strong sense...

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How many copies can I expect my book to sell?

FAQ

On our usage statistics page you can see the sales and downloads of all our books. As you can see...

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May I send my manuscript myself in advance to potential reviewers and blurbers?

FAQ

We advise you to wait with sending out your ms. to potential reviewers and blurbers until after c...

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