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Unsolicited Proposals Unsolicited proposals are sent by email to either or both of the co-directors in charge of acquisition. If an unsolicited proposal is totally inappropriate, not directed specifically to punctum, or otherwise unacceptable/spammy, no resp...

1. Overview and Context The annual submission period for new manuscripts lasts from May 1 to July 31 each year. During this period, authors and editors are invited to send in (nearly) completed manuscript accompanied by a brief prospectus via email to the co-...

1. Overview and Context When a new manuscript is sent in to either or both of the directors 2. Triggers The execution of this procedure is usually triggered by Manuscript Submission and Review 3. Steps to Be Performed When a full ms. has been receive...

1. Overview and Context At the end of the manuscript submission period, all manuscripts are reviewed by both directors. 2. Triggers The execution of this procedure is usually triggered by Manuscript Submission and Review 3. Steps to Be Performed Afte...

1. Overview and Context Manuscripts that have been accepted receive a contract.  2. Triggers The execution of this procedure is usually triggered by Manuscript Submission and Review 3. Steps to Be Performed Once the author has responded positively to...

1. Overview and Context After a contract has been signed, the manuscript is submitted to external (peer) review. 2. Triggers The execution of this procedure is usually triggered by Manuscript Submission and Review 3. Steps to Be Performed Upon receip...

1. Overview and Context 2. Triggers The execution of this procedure is usually triggered by Manuscript Submission and Review 3. Steps to Be Performed A book metadata record is first created after a contract has been signed. PBN PBNs (punctum books...

Stripe does a monthly payout, but this amount does not correspond logically to any subset of payments. Therefore, the following procedure is set up: In Stripe, for the pertinent month download the full report Select Reports from left menu (expand the …) S...

On a monthly basis, the Open Book Collective transfers funds to our account for library subscriptions. These include deducted OBC fees and development fund contributions. These need to be entered into Quickbooks separately as fees. Since the fees are deducted ...

On a monthly basis, Amazon pays out our book sales per Amazon domain/currency group. In the KDP backend, under Reports > Statements > Prior Months' Royalties you can download a monthly royalty report, listing all sales under the tab Paperback Royalty. There i...

Outgoing Paypal transactions in foreign currency need to be added to Paypal manually, as they are not automatically ingested by Quickbooks. Do an activity download from Paypal covering the previous month, add payments in foreign currency manually as Expense fr...

Depreciated as of January 1, 2026 On the M1 Investment Portfolio backend go to Account > View Account Settings > Documents. Download the brokerage statement: Implement as follows as a journal entry. Realized gains/losses is the difference in Total Equity Hold...

Overview Customer Type Publisher Communication Channel Email Purpose The purpose of this procedure is to respond to a publisher requesting to publish a translation of one of our titles. Steps Check the license of the o...

Healthcare insurance is available to all staff on punctum books payroll. Onboarding happens via the SimplyInsured portal. Note that a direct login doesn't work. Always request a login link via email. SimplyInsured connects between our Quickbooks accounting sys...

1. Overview and Context After a manuscript has been returned by the author after incorporating external review comments, it should be checked against our style guide and guidelines. 2. Triggers The execution of this procedure is usually triggered by Manu...

CA State Taxes are paid via the Tax Franchise Board website. Click Make a Payment > Credit Card Choose Pay Now with ACI Payments Log in Choose the following: Select Form 100 Payment Enter details (prefilled), including Entity ID. Select "Estimated Tax Paym...