Helping Writers and Thinkers Build Influence in the 21st Century
Punctuation PR client, Laura Goode (right), at Stanford University. Photo courtesy of Laura Goode.
Our Books
Our campaigns have driven category bestsellers and standout launches, with academic and trade nonfiction titles reaching audiences through podcasts, news segments, and national reviews.
A Greek Tragedy: One Day, a Deadly Shipwreck, and the Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis by Jeanne Carstensen (Atria/One Signal Publishers, 2025)
Jim: The Life and Afterlives of Huckleberry Finn's Comrade by Shelley Fisher Fishkin (Yale University Press, 2025)
The Ballad World of Anna Gordon, Mrs. Brown of Falkland by Ruth Perry (Oxford University Press, 2025)
The Comedy of Computation: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Obsolescence by Benjamin Mangrum (Stanford University Press, 2025)
Pitch Craft: The Writer's Guide to Getting Agented, Published, and Paid by Laura Goode (Ten Speed Press, 2025)
Mayor of the Tenderloin: Del Seymour's Journey From Living on the Streets to Fighting Homelessness in San Francisco by Alison Owings (Beacon Press, 2024)
Can Deliberation Cure the Ills of Democracy? by James S. Fishkin (Oxford University Press, 2025)
Tahrir's Youth: Leaders of a Leaderless Revolution by Rusha Latif (American University in Cairo Press, 2022)
Book Publicity, Platform Strategy, and Branding for Authors, Academics, and Public Thinkers
You’ve written something worth sharing—now let’s make sure it gets seen, heard, and remembered.
Punctuation PR is a strategic marketing and publicity agency for authors, scholars, journalists, and public intellectuals. We specialize in long-term visibility for nonfiction writers, literary authors, academics, and newsletter creators looking to expand their platform and reach new audiences.
Whether you’re publishing your debut novel, launching a Substack, or promoting your academic research, we help your work gain the visibility it deserves.
Punctuation PR Helps Writers Go Public
We don’t just promote your latest project. We help shape the path of your creative career. At Punctuation PR, we build lasting visibility through book launches, podcast placements, and thoughtful media outreach that gets your work in front of the right people. In short, we are a strategic growth partner for your writing career.
For academics, we turn complex research into public-facing narratives, whether that means placing op-eds, booking interviews, or building a website that reflects your expertise. For authors, essayists, and thought leaders, we offer practical support to grow your platform: launching newsletters, refining your message, landing speaking opportunities, and building an online presence that aligns with your voice and vision.
But visibility is just the start. We offer editorial support to strengthen your story, strategic guidance to navigate your next steps, and opportunity sourcing (including fellowships, grants, awards, and media features) that move your work forward.
Whether you're self-published, traditionally published, or still querying, we help you define your voice, expand your reach, and build a platform—and career— that lasts.
Publicity for Authors, Journalists, Scholars, and Experts
From literary fiction to investigative journalism to public scholarship, we help you make your mark. We support:
Professors and Academic Authors
Clarify your public-facing message, grow your academic platform, and reach new readers through targeted academic publicity services, podcast placement, and long-form publishing support.
Nonfiction Authors and Journalists
From memoirs to business books, we help you promote your work, build thought leadership, and secure meaningful media coverage. Whether traditionally published or indie, we’re your book publicist and strategy team.
Substack Writers, Experts and Analysts
Transform your newsletter or niche expertise into a public platform. We offer end-to-end Substack growth strategy, digital PR, and content-driven visibility campaigns for analysts, policy writers, and creatives alike.
Why Punctuation PR Works
At Punctuation PR, we offer traditional publicity and marketing services—media pitching, campaign strategy, distribution, and audience growth—but our work is designed to extend far beyond launch cycles and press hits.
We build the infrastructure that allows writing careers to take shape and grow over time.
This includes designing and maintaining the platforms that hold an author’s public presence. We handle graphic design and visual identity in-house, from social media assets to event collateral to long-term brand systems. We design and build author websites that function not just as digital brochures, but as living ecosystems for books, essays, speaking, teaching, and press.
We also take on the operational and logistical layers that often go unsupported in publishing. This includes technical support, newsletter setup and management, backend systems, metadata optimization, and the coordination of timelines, assets, and deliverables across campaigns.
Equally important, we act as connective tissue across the many parties involved in a book’s success. We coordinate directly with publishers, publicists, agents, bookstores, festivals, media outlets, and the broader writing team—editors, designers, researchers, and collaborators—ensuring alignment across messaging, materials, and momentum.
Our goal is not just to publicize books, but to build real, scalable career infrastructure for the people who write them.
Trusted by Writers Shaping Today’s Cultural Conversation
“Writers are more powerful together, and Punctuation PR is nothing if not a force multiplier.”
—Laura Goode, award-winning author and Stanford lecturer
“I love working with Punctuation PR on marrying the art and the business of my work.”
—Sophia Laurenzi, writer and journalist
