The Communications Department of The Augustan Society, Inc., is charged with the production of print publications, online publications, reprints, back issues, websites, social media, and email services.
==Periodicals==
'''Proposal: The Society should continue to publish ''[[Rosarum]]'', the newsletter of the [[Noble Company of the Rose]], at such frequency and size as that group is able to support with copy and funding.'''
==Books==
===''The Little Manual of Heraldry''===
This work is poorly organized, eccentric in coverage, and printed in black & white. It deserves a thorough revision and color artwork. The existence of a large backlog of the third edition should not discourage this effort. ===''The [[Augustan Society Roll of Arms]]''===
The Society's program of [[Arms Registration]] is of limited value if those registrations are not made public in some way. The [[Online Armorial]] is one tool for this, but it is not the only one. It is also suitable to use published rolls as a general fundraiser, as has been done in the past.
'''Proposal: The Society should publish special rolls for [[Sub-Groups]] of the Society, such as the [[Noble Company of the Rose]], as those Sub-Groups request.'''
==Sales==
'''Proposal: The Society should convert all former publications to electronic form; first as PDF files, then as text files with improved illustrations where possible.'''
The PDF files will permit us to reprint both the whole magazines, and individual articles on demand. This will eliminate the need to keep a backlock of stock.
Converting these to text files will permit us to bring them up to modern standards, enhance the photographs and illustrations, and make large-print editions available. This will also be a requirement if we are to develop full-text searching in support of researchers.
'''Proposal: The Society should create independent issues of back issues published as part of the ''Augustan Society Ominbus'' so that they may be sold separately.'''
'''Proposal: The Society should continue to offer [[Reprints]], creating and expanding reprints on a topical basis. Single-article reprints should be phased out as stock is exhausted.'''
It may prove prudent to develop a system whereby individual articles may be ordered, but this may take substantial work to develop and deploy.