{{Short description|American publisher}} {{Infobox publisher | name = Punctum Books | image = [[File:Punctum-logoname-print.jpg|200px]] | caption = | parent = | status = | predecessor = | founded = {{Start date|2011|df=yes}} | founder = [[Eileen A. Joy]], Nicola Masciandaro | successor = | country = United States of America | headquarters = [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]], [[California]] | distribution = | keypeople = | publications = Books | topics = | genre = | imprints = | revenue = | owner = [[Eileen A. Joy]], [[Vincent W. J. van Gerven Oei]] | numemployees = 5 | url = {{URL|https://punctumbooks.com/}} }} '''Punctum Books''', stylized as '''punctum books''', is an [[Open access|open-access]] and [[Print on demand|print-on-demand]] independent, scholar-led publisher based in [[Santa Barbara, California]], United States.
==History== The imprint was co-founded in 2011 by [[Eileen A. Joy]] (a [[Medieval studies|medievalist]] and advocate of open access<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.chronicle.com/article/Prominent-Medieval-Scholar-s/235014|journal=[[Chronicle of Higher Education]]|date=22 January 2016|title=Prominent Medieval Scholar's Blog on 'Feminist Fog' Sparks an Uproar|author=Rio Fernandes}}</ref>) and Nicola Masciandaro ([[Brooklyn College]], [[CUNY]]), who left the project in 2012. The imprint was conceived partly as an offshoot of the BABEL Working Group,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://glasgowreviewofbooks.com/2013/05/07/in-the-para-academic-playground-an-interview-with-eileen-joy-co-director-of-punctum-books/|title=In The Para-Academic Playground: An interview with Eileen Joy, co-director of punctum books|work=Glasgow Review of Books|date=7 May 2013 |accessdate=17 November 2014}}</ref> a "non-hierarchical scholarly collective"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.cofc.edu/babelworkinggroup/babelcredo/|title=BABELcredo|publisher=BABEL working group|accessdate=14 December 2016}}</ref> with an emphasis on medieval studies. Punctum Books was joined in 2016 by co-director [[Vincent W. J. van Gerven Oei]]. Since its inception, Punctum Books has sought to bring scholarly works, often with a transdisciplinary or unconventional nature, to a broader public. It publishes print editions through [[Kindle Direct Publishing]], but buyers can get a PDF version of the book for free through the publisher's website.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://punctumbooks.com/about/vision-statement/|title=Vision Statement|publisher=punctum books|accessdate=28 April 2020}}</ref>
In the past, Punctum Books published issues of the journals ''Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://anarchist-developments.org/index.php/adcs_journal/about/index/|title=About the Journal|publisher=Anarchist-developments.org|accessdate=17 November 2014}}</ref> ''Badiou Studies'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://badioustudies.org/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111144951/http://www.badioustudies.org/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 11, 2012|title=Badiou Studies homepage|publisher=Badioustudies.org|accessdate=17 November 2014}}</ref> ''Contention: The Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Protest'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://contentionjournal.org/|title=Home|publisher=Contentionjournal.org|accessdate=17 November 2014}}</ref> ''Helvete: A Journal of Black Metal Theory'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://helvetejournal.org/|title=Helvete|accessdate=17 November 2014}}</ref> ''Itineration: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Rhetoric, Media and Culture'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itineration.org/|title=Itineration - Cross Disciplinary Studies in Rhetoric, Media, and Culture|publisher=Itineration.org|accessdate=17 November 2014}}</ref> ''Networks and Neighbours'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://networksandneighbours.org/index.php/n/|title=Networks and Neighbours|publisher=Networksandneighbours.org|accessdate=17 November 2014}}</ref> ''O-Zone: A Journal of Object Oriented Studies'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://o-zone-journal.org|title=O-Zone|accessdate=17 November 2014}}</ref> ''Radical Criminology'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://journal.radicalcriminology.org/index.php/rc/index/|title=Radical Criminology|publisher=Journal.radicalcriminology.org|accessdate=17 November 2014}}</ref> and ''Speculations: A Journal of Speculative Realism''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speculations-journal.org/|title=Speculations - Homepage|publisher=Speculations-journal.org|accessdate=17 November 2014}}</ref>
Punctum Books was a partner on the Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs (COPIM) project which ran from 2019-2023,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Steiner |first1=Tobias |last2=Adema |first2=Janneke |date=September 20, 2023 |title=Community-Led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs: Final Report |url=https://zenodo.org/records/7961527 |access-date=25 June 2024 |website=Zenodo|doi=10.5281/zenodo.7961527 }}</ref> and is now a partner on the Open Book Futures project funded by the [[Arcadia Fund]] and [[Research England]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 March 2023 |title=£5.8 million project to deliver a more sustainable future for Open Access books |url=https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/58-million-project-to-deliver-a-more-sustainable-future-for-open-access-books |access-date=25 June 2024 |website=Lancaster University}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Open Book Publishers]] * [[Open Humanities Press]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website|https://punctumbooks.com/}}
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