The '''Communications Department''' of The Augustan Society, Inc., includes all forms of communication, including publications, letters, email, web sites, and electronic fora. The policies established by this department apply to all others.
The chairman of the Communications Department is styled [[Editor-in-Chief]] who is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the [[President]]. Note, this post has been assigned to [[Consuls]] per their [[Contract]], but they are willing to step aside should the President find a candidate he prefers.
The department is under the nominal direction of the [[Communications Committee]], chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, and including the chairmen of each of the immediate subsidiary committees, such members as the Editor-in-Chief may see fit to appoint, and the [[President]] and [[Headquarters Staff]] ex officio.
==[[Back Issue Sales]]==
*[[Back Issue Sales]], which includes scanning, digitizing, and reformatting. This project is assigned to the Communications Department under the [[Editor-in-ChiefHeadquarters Staff]], save for the need for volunteers to verify the OCR output.
==[[Reprints]]==
Reprints are offered of collected articles on a single topic. In rare cases, a reprint will be made of one article if it is of particular value. Single-article reprints in the catalog will be discontinued as stock is sold out. As the underlying magazines are digitized, the reprints Reprints will also be digitized and printed on demand once physical stock is sold out.
==[[Books]]==
The Society has a program of book publication. A number of titles have been published, both in hardcover and softbound. This program should be is under the direction of a the [[Books Editor]] who is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the [[Editor-in-Chief]]. He may, in turn, appoint Editors for each book or series contemplated.
The contents of the books may be assigned to the [[Communications|Communications Department]] Department, to another Society Committee, or to an author (with a separate Editor), as may best suit each situation.
===Book Standards===
* Hardcover — goldenrod cloth ¾ binding, with black cloth spine and gold imprint. Note: This is the opposite of the rebinding standard.
* Softcover — Cover art may be at the discretion of the editor, but the spine shall be black with goldenrod text. The American standard will be used for vertical text orientation. Maximum page count is 100 pages (25 sheets stapled).* Maximum page count per volume — not yet determinedfor hardcover, but expected to be in the range 300pp for size A, 200pp for size A/2, 100pp for paperback.
===Titles===
====[[Descents from Antiquity Study Group|Descents from Antiquity Resource Kit]]====
Editor: [[Descents from Antiquity Study Group|Descents from Antiquity Coordinator]]. At present there are no unresolved descents to publish, thus the Descents from Antiquity Study Group is presently dormant.
====Other Titles====
*Revised ''[[Guide to Orders of Chivalry]]''
*''Chinese Imperial Genealogy'' by Joseph Uphoff
*''A Select Genealogy of India's Royal Families'' by Joseph Uphoff
None has an Editor assigned at present, save that the ''Guide to Orders of Chivalry'' has become a project of the [[Chivalry Committee]].