Association of American Publishers

To continue with our posts on the various publishing organizations, I’m going to try and tackle the AAP (The Association of American Publishers). 

 

Association of American Publishers

The AAP is the national trade association of the American book publishing industry.   It looks out for publishers’ best interests and tackles such issues as copyright, digital, Freedom to read, censorship, libel…even postal rates and regulations.  Basically – it’s the publishing industry’s heavyweight when going up against…well, anyone it needs to.

While it deals with general matters that affect the industry as a whole, the AAP also has committees that deal with specific market areas – higher education, mass market, etc.

With most of the major commercial publishers as well as the smaller and non-profit ones, it’s necessary to be aware of the AAP and its agenda.  Well – actually, if you are interested in the publishing industry, it’s necessary to be aware of the AAP.

Here’s their website – I’d check back every once in a while – see what’s in the news and what they’re up to.

 

-Emily