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Votes: Two votes plus one vote for every $1,000 up to seven total votes.

Benefits

• Unlimited participation in any peer group meetings
• Unlimited participation in annual awards plus one free submission with every paid submission.
• Four (4) free submissions in CatholicsRead, ACP's initiative on Catholic reading and content
• Provide input for marketing, editorial, production, design, IT, heads-of-house, and accounting employee meetings
• Member-wide, negotiated discounts from associate members and select service companies
• Participation in all professional skills seminars (free)
• Unlimited number of "positions available” listings on the ACP website job bank
• Free ad on the ACP website
• Links to major announcements or press releases distributed through ACP website and in monthly eNewsletter
• Help in understanding licensing arrangements with the USCCB and their agencies
• Member discount from MetaComet® Systems on their royalty automation software: 20% off setup fees, plus 2 free months of service 

Annual Dues

• Gross sales of $5 million+: $5,000
• Gross sales of $3-5 million: $4,000
• Gross sales up to $3 million: $3,000

Votes: One vote for every $500 paid with a limit of five total votes

Benefits

• Unlimited participation in any peer group meetings
• Unlimited participation in annual awards.
• One (1) free submission to CatholicsRead, ACP's initiative on Catholic reading and content
• Provide input for marketing, editorial, production, design, IT, heads-of-house, and accounting employee meetings
• Member-wide, negotiated discounts from associate members and select service companies
• Participation in all professional skills seminars (free)
• Links to major announcements or press releases distributed through ACP website and in monthly eNewsletter
• Help in understanding licensing arrangements with the USCCB and their agencies
• Member discount from MetaComet® Systems on their royalty automation software: 20% off setup fees, plus 2 free months of service

Dues: $500 to $2,500 per year

• Gross sales of $5 million+: $2,500
• Gross sales of $3-5 million: $2,000
• Gross sales of $1-3 million: $1,500
• Gross sales of $500,000-$1 million: $1,000
• Gross sales of less than $500,000: $500

Those organizations that work with and support the Foundation and Full Members. They provide important services and need access in order to serve Foundation and Full Members well.

Must be actively engaged in vending their services to qualified publishers. Services provided by firms or individuals include art, design, recording, editing, distribution, or production services; composition; prepress; manufacturing; or other professional operations that relate to publishing.

Benefits

• Participate in all professional skills seminars (free)
• Links to major announcements or press releases distributed through ACP website and in monthly eNewsletter
• Be eligible for discounted member rates for exhibit space at annual conference and advertising in program book.
• Be the ACP’s preferred provider for member presentations on industry issues.
• Access to ACP member mailing list two times each calendar year (free)
• Sponsor peer group meetings
• Online access to the full membership directory
• Listing in the membership directory including a brief description of services or products
• Participation in organizational conversations about the publishing industry
• Access to members at annual conference

Dues: Up to $5,000 per year

• Gross sales of $50 million or more—$5,000
• Gross sales of $10-$49 million—$3,000
• Gross sales of $1-$9 million—$1,500
• Gross sales of less than $1 million—Contact the executive director

An individual member is a non-corporate entity who wishes to attend ACP seminars and functions, has a past and present relationship with ACP members, and wishes to continue to dialogue about the future of Catholic publishing.

Benefits

• Participate in all professional skills seminars (free)
• Participate in appropriate peer group meetings
• Listing in the membership directory including brief description of their services and products
• Online access to the full membership directory
• Receive regular eNewsletters

Dues: $100 per year

Content creators are those who identify and develop the content that goes into any published work, i.e., book, song, image. Content creators would include authors, composers, bloggers, illustrators, artists, and designers among others.

Benefits

• Develop contacts within the Catholic publishing field and industry
• Create access to job and career opportunities within the Catholic publishing field and industry
• Pool that ACP publisher members can readily draw on to meet their content needs
• Participate in all professional skills seminars (free)
• Participate in appropriate peer group meetings
• Listing in the membership directory including brief description of their services and products
• Online access to the full membership directory
• Receive regular eNewsletters

Dues: $100 per year

Those actively and currently enrolled in a plan of study that may or may not end in a degree for a recognized institution of higher education, e.g., university, community college.

Benefits

• Access to potential publishers especially for graduate students
• Opportunities to demonstrate potential as content creators to Catholic publishers
• Create access to job and career opportunities within the Catholic publishing field and industry
• Learn about how to become a part of the field and industry
• Opportunities for professional and career mentoring
• Internship opportunities in the Catholic publishing field
• Participate in all professional skills seminars (free)
• Listing in the membership directory
• Online access to the full membership directory
• Receive regular eNewsletters

Dues: $10 per year