Editorial Cuadernos de Sofía SPA (Chilean tax ID 77.649.795-9) is a privately owned academic press, incorporated in Chile and registered with the Chilean Book Chamber (Cámara Chilena del Libro). It is not part of a university or learned society and receives no structural subsidy from public institutions, funding agencies or commercial organisations. Our operations are funded by the revenue sources described below, which we publish so that authors, readers and institutions can assess our editorial independence.
1. Publishing services paid by authors or their institutions. This is our main source of revenue. Book authors contract one of our published packages (Academic, Professional or Premium), whose prices and scope are available at [link to pricing table]. The fee covers editorial management, external peer review, editing, design, open access production and ten years of hosting. Payment does not condition the outcome of peer review: a manuscript that does not pass receives detailed feedback and support, and withdrawal conditions are set out in each package’s contract. [If approved: The press operates a waiver and discount policy for authors without funding, available at (link).]
2. Print on demand. All our books are published open access. Readers may purchase printed copies through Amazon, Ingram and local distributors. The press earns a margin on those sales; copyright remains entirely with the authors, as stated in our Copyright Terms.
3. Co-publishing agreements and services to institutions. When a university, research centre or graduate programme co-publishes a work or contracts publishing services for its production, the agreement is formalised in writing and the institution is credited on the copyright page. Such agreements give the institution no say in editorial decisions or in the selection of reviewers.
4. Scholarly journals. The journals we publish [Revista Inclusiones, Cuadernos de Arte Prehistórico and 100-Cs] state on their own websites whether they charge article processing charges and, where they do, their waiver policy.
What we do not do. We do not sell advertising (see Advertising Policy), we do not charge for indexing or DOI assignment, we do not offer guaranteed acceptance, and we accept no payment from third parties to publish or promote a work.
Any substantive change to this model will be published on this page. Queries: editorial@cuadernosdesofia.com.