Who Can Join the AIPP?
The AIPP is intended for dedicated freelance professionals focused on providing services to self-published authors and small presses in the areas of fiction and/or creative nonfiction. We welcome members who clearly demonstrate a commitment to the quality of their work and the self-publishing profession and who work in the following capacities:
- Editors
- Proofreaders
- Graphic artists
- Book cover designers
- Author assistants
- Formatters/Interior book designers
- Website designers for authors
- Book publicists
- Voice actors for audiobooks
Please note: The AIPP welcomes members at all stages of their professional freelance career. As such, we have few requirements save for one: you must have a website that clearly represents your business.
Membership Levels
If you’re interested in either interacting with the AIPP or joining as a paid member, please review the membership benefits below to determine whether you wish to join. Although we have a wealth of benefits, members most frequently say that the support structure the AIPP provides is the most beneficial to their businesses.
For clients wishing to post a job, please register for a Guest Membership.
We are continuously looking for partnership deals with companies, whether it be for cloud-based software discounts, stock art, or home-delivery services.
Be sure to watch this pageāmore is in the works!
Note: Guest membership is free. For general membership, there is a $10.00 application fee for new members and reinstating members whose membership has lapsed for more than 120 days. This fee is included in the $45 membership below.
Guest
- Access to public forums
- Access to public articles
- Access to public resources
- Access to view member directory
- Ability to post jobs
General Member
- All Guest benefits
- Member badge with AIPP logo
- Access to members-only forums
- Full member directory listing
- Access to members-only articles and resources
- Access to classes and webinars (coming soon)
- Voting privileges in AIPP Awards (not yet available)
- Access to AIPP Coffee Club (Facebook group)
- Access to AIPP Slack team chat
- VistaPrint discount (25-50% off)
- Discounts on classes and webinars (coming soon)
- FreshBooks discount (10% off)
- Dreamstime discount (50% off the first month)
- Brain.fm discount (20% off)
- Harvest discount (50% off first paid month)
- Grammarly discount (30% off on the first paid month)
- Themify discount (20% off)
- 17Hats discount (15% off 1&2 yr subs)
- FocusMe discount (33% off)
- Chicago Manual of Style discount ($5 off subs/renewals)
- Merriam-Webster discount (10% off subscriptions)
- Jutoh discount (25% off license fee)
- PerfectIt discount (15% off license fee)
- TechSurgeons discount (10% off yearly web hosting plans)
- Slack account credit ($100)
- Access to AIPP member job referral forum
- Access to AIPP Job Listings forum