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Public Documentation – A Punctum Vademecum
Public documentation about punctum books's review and submission process and the punctum books style guide.
1. Preparing the Manuscript Files
If you are seeking to submit a manuscript to be considered for publication, please go here. Please read these guidelines entirely. Failure to follow them will result in your manuscript being returned and delays in production. 1.1 Create a folder on your comp...
Monograph Guidelines
Author guidelines for the submission of monographs.
2. On Our House Style
Please see our Style Guide for a full overview.
Edited Collection Guidelines
Editor guidelines for the submission of edited.
3. Manuscript Check and Cover Design
3.1 You have sent us the folder containing your completed manuscript. We will check the contents against our submission guidelines, and do a rough check of the contents so we can pick out any major editorial issues, such as related to orthography, referencing ...
Style Guide
Follow Chicago Manual of Style, notes and bibliography style, 18th edition (CMoS), with the specifications listed below. If a style question is not answered here, please use CMoS as the first default authority (with Merriam-Webster online for considerations of...
4. Copyediting
4.1 Once we have agreed on a cover design a few months will pass as your book works itself up along the queue. About three months before the expected launch date, we start copyediting. 4.2 Depending on the length, style, nature, and format of your book and a ...
6. Publicity and Promotion
6.1 Your book has been a designed PDF for a while now. Everyone has tried to squash errors. It is about to be published. We need to think a bit about publicity and promotion. How will readers find out about your book? 6.2 It is imperative that you work closel...
7. Publication Day
7.1 Publication can happen abruptly, but we will try to let you know the day of its coming a few weeks in advance. Although we generally get books published within 10-12 months from the time of final submission of the manuscript, there are many twists and tur...
Administration
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About Submitting Your Manuscript
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Open Source Software
There is a number of open source software platforms that we deploy at punctum books. We list them below.