AEUP offers two complementary types of membership to reflect the diversity of academic-led publishing ecosystems:
Individual Membership
Individual membership of the AEUP is open to all publishers belonging to or clearly linked to a university, a research institute or a learned society as well as other initiatives who are not offering publishing services themselves but want to support this mode of scholarly communication.
Modes of Membership
AEUP distinguishes between three kinds of membership.
- Full membership, for publishing organisations belonging to or formally linked to a university, a research institute or a learned society. Publications must be subject to peer review.
- Associate membership, for publishing organisations who are collaborating with, but are not formally associated with a university, a research institute or a learned society. Publications must be subject to peer review.
- Patron membership, for organisations or initiatives not offering publishing services themselves but active in scholarly communication and providing AEUP with financial or infrastructural support.
The main difference between a full and an associate member is the right to vote in the General Meeting. Otherwise associate members benefit from the same services and information as full members.
Criteria
To become a full member of AEUP, the publisher must meet the following criteria:
- to belong to or be formally linked to an academic institution (university, research institute or learned society)
- to have a clearly-defined editorial policy
- to apply selection and peer-review procedures
- to give ISBN numbers and respond to all legal obligations regarding publishing
- to sign contracts with authors
- to publish a catalogue regularly
- to have an organized system of (inter)national distribution for sales
- to respect professional ethics in relation with authors, other publishers, and professional partners
Associate members need to meet all criteria except for the formal relationship with a university or research body. Instead they will have to have an established relationship with such a body.
To become a full or associate member, a publisher must submit an application form to the Board for approval.
If you are interested in becoming a patron member, please contact the AEUP Board.
Rights & Benefits
- As a member of the AEUP you are invited to attend the General Meeting to be held each year in the Autumn. This is a chance to meet fellow publishers and discuss important issues on our agenda. You have a vote in the important decisions shaping the future of the association.
- You are allowed to place the AEUP logo on your website. Information on your press will be integrated in the website.
- Full members are invited to upload their titles in the AEUP joint catalog, hence benefiting from its added value.
- You can participate at AEUP Conferences free of charge.
Fees
Membership of the AEUP is subject to an annual membership fee, based on the number of publications (ISBN/ISSN) published by the member press in the calendar year preceeding the year of membership.
- 5 to 40 titles: 150 €
- 41 to 200 titles: 300 €
- over 200 titles: 420 €
The annual fee for patron members:
- 500 € or more
Collective Membership
Collective membership of the AEUP is open to national and regional associations representing university presses or academic-led publishers.
Rights & Benefits
- The membership supports visibility of national publishing ecosystems within AEUP.
- Member presses can participate in AEUP discussions, working group and events and they are invited to join the Annual Meetings. Every association that is a Collective member has 1 vote per 10 of its members.
- Member presses are eligible for a 20 % discount on Individual full membership fee.
- However, collective membership does not include participation in the AEUP joint catalog, that remains linked to Individual Membership.
Individual and collective memberships are complementary and designed to support both publishing organisations and the national structures that represent them.
If you are interested in collective membership, please contact the AEUP Board.