punctum books co-director [Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei](https://punctumbooks.pubpub.org/pub/here-is-what-you-can-do-with-your-overhead-punctum-books):
> As punctum books over the last few years has tried to develop a sustainable model of scholar-led open-access publishing, and has devoted a considerable amount of resources to advocating for the common goods of public scholarship and knowledge, we have increasingly encountered arguments, both open and veiled, that somehow our practice would not be “replicable,” “scalable,” or, indeed, “sustainable.” These arguments often depart from the assumption that we—in one way or the other—are not playing by the rules of the academic publishing game. And because we would be rigging the game, our publishing model could reasonably never gain any traction, let alone serve as a model for others.
It's great to see [punctum](https://punctumbooks.com)—a scholar-led trailblazer—take up the [PubPub platform](https://punctumbooks.pubpub.org).