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Ordering Author Copies

About Our Book Production Process

How do I order author copies? You can order author copies by sending an email to Vincent (vincent@punctumbooks.com) listing the full address on which you wish to receive the books. Shipment usually takes 2-3 weeks, depending on where you are. It may be a ...

FAQ

About Our Book Production Process

Contract, Rights, and Permissions Will I receive any royalties? The baseline is that very few scholarly publications ever sell enough copies to compensate for, let alone exceed, their production costs. punctum books is a non-profit, public benefit corpor...

Transliteration

Style Guide

In different humanities disciplines it is common to refer to certain concepts, names, and titles from languages written in non-Roman scripts. In Western philosophical works, Ancient Greek is often referenced, whereas works engaging  with Eastern philosophy and...

Examples of Footnote References and Bibliographic Entries

Style Guide

1. Notes 1.1 Use footnotes rather than endnotes, as many of our books are read as PDFs and footnotes are much more reader-friendly than endnotes.  1.2. Use Chicago Manual’s 18th edition Notes and Bibliography format (preferred in the Humanities), with full b...

5. Proofreading

Monograph Guidelines

5.1 Once your book has been typeset, you will receive galley proofs in the form of a PDF. We have a separate page explaining how to proof our PDFs. 5.2 Proofreading is difficult. Everyone involved looks out for errors, but someone should be the primary proofr...

5. Proofreading

Edited Collection Guidelines

5.1 Once your book has been typeset, you will receive galley proofs in the form of a PDF. We have a separate page explaining how to proof our PDFs. 5.2 Proofreading is difficult. Everyone involved looks out for errors, but someone should be the primary proofr...

3. Manuscript Check and Cover Design

Monograph Guidelines

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 ...

Internet Archive Usage Data > CSV Python Script

Scripts

import requestsimport csv Define the list of item IDs and the time perioditem_ids = ["f755b169-bedd-4b95-b95a-294f355abc71","7fbc96cf-4c88-4e70-b1fe-d4e69324184a","4da1ef38-e3d8-4384-8c73-82d6e36df49d","f3c9e9d8-9a38-4558-be2e-cab9a70d62f0","89990379-94c2-459...

GraphQL Script to extract Author Affiliations from the Thoth Catalog

Scripts

{ affiliations(publishers: ["9c41b13c-cecc-4f6a-a151-be4682915ef5"], limit: 9999) { institution { institutionName countryCode updatedAt } contribution { fullName contributionType contributor { orcid } work { title subtitle workType workStatus publicationDate...

GraphQL Script to Get Books Published per Year

Scripts

{    books(order: {field: PUBLICATION_DATE, direction: ASC}, publishers: ["9c41b13c-cecc-4f6a-a151-be4682915ef5"], limit: 9999, workStatus: ACTIVE) {       fullTitle       doi       publicationDate    }}

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Standard Production Deadlines

Deadlines

10:39 AM 2 Review Returning manuscript after peer review: in discussion with author/editor Returning manuscript after manuscript review: in discussion with author/editor Copyediting Returning first edits (monographs): 2 weeks Returning first e...

House Style (CMoS-based)

Style Guide

1. Spelling 1.1 Use US English spelling conventions. organize, utilize, color, center, jail, draft, airplane, jewelry Other spellings that occasionally occur in US English are acceptable, but must be consistent within a manuscript. towards, amidst, whilst,...

Exceptions to CMoS in the House Style

Style Guide

Based on the types of books punctum publishes, we don't always follows CMoS. Below you may find our main deviations. 1. Exceptions in the Text 1.1 Date ranges always should be provided in full. 1000–1005, 1005–1015, 1950–1976 NOT: 1000–5, 1005–15, 1950–76 ...

Images, Tables, and Other Visual Elements

Style Guide

Visual elements such as images and tables must be provided separately and not included into the manuscript file. Images should have a minimum resolution of 300dpi and width of 5 in. 1. Images and Tables 1.1 Each visual element should receive a number x.y, wh...