FAQs

No. AAP is not a publishing house. We are a trade association representing the priorities of America’s publishing organizations in policy, legislative and regulatory issues. Any book pitch or draft sent to an AAP email address is immediately deleted without being read.

We are unable to recommend a publisher or forward manuscripts or book ideas to publishers. Unfortunately, several unaffiliated organizations and websites continue to claim AAP is a publisher referral service for the general public, which is untrue. We encourage you to contact any outlet that provided you with this incorrect information.

There are numerous independent resources to help authors understand the publishing process and find leads on contacts. Among them:

• The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published: How to Write It, Sell It, and Market It…Successfully, (Workman Publishing Company) by Arielle Eckstut and David Henry Sterry
• The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Getting Published, (Alpha) by Sheree Bykofsky and Jennifer Basye Sander
• How to Get Happily Published: A Complete and Candid Guide, (Collins Reference) by Judith Appelbaum
• Writer’s Guide to Book Editors, Publishers and Literary Agents, (Sourcebooks) by Jeff Herman provides a great deal of information concerning contacting publishers and agents.
• The Literary Market Place. The LMP is a database of publishers and literary agents and is available online and in hard copy.

AAP produces a number of popular, well-respected reports that examine the US publishing industry, with data provided by member organizations. Non-members can purchase one or more reports; for more information about availability and pricing, contact info@publishers.org These include:

AAP StatShot Monthly – Includes participating publisher revenue data by categories and formats for the month and year-to-date.

AAP StatShot Annual –  Tracks multiple years of sales by publisher revenue and units with a focus on category and format sales. It is typically released in the summer.

AAP distributes highlights of all reports to members of the news media who actively cover publishing. For more information, contact info@publishers.org

In 2011, as part of the rollout of StatShot, we stopped posting the narrower older-format reports and removed outdated editions from the website. These reports continued to be produced and distributed to AAP Members and non-member subscribers until the relaunched monthly was introduced.

AAP produces a number of exclusive white papers, policy backgrounders, analyses and other resources for Members. Visit our Membership area to learn more.

We do not accept third-party material for our publications.

AAP has a complete list in our Member Directory. Most of these link directly to the Member organizations’ corporate homepages. We do not sell Member contact lists or forward third-party promotional or sales offers to Members.

AAP does not provide a rights-holder search service. A good starting point for such research is the Copyright Clearance Center.

As a service to Member publishing organizations with job openings, AAP maintains the BookJobs.com site. This web portal provides listings for opportunities in editorial, research, marketing, digital, corporate and other functions. If you’re interested in working in publishing, check it often!

AAP does not forward resumes to Members.

Some AAP events are exclusive to Members but others permit a limited number of outside attendees. Please check each listing in our Events schedule for specific details, availability and non-member rates.

Please get in touch with the appropriate person on our Contact Us page. If you’re on a deadline or it’s afterhours, we encourage you to email for fastest response.

info@publishers.org is our email address for general questions; it’s read and addressed several times a day. Please note that if your question is already answered in this FAQ, you will not get a reply

We can provide speakers from within our organization and help you get in touch with the appropriate AAP Members. Please send details to info@publishers.org.