Membership in the CBC is open to all children's book publishers, packagers, and related companies in the United States. Personal memberships are not available.
Promote your products, authors, and illustrators on the CBC website. CBC Online receives thousands of visitors each day and is a regular destination for teachers, librarians, booksellers, parents, and anyone interested in children's books and book publishing. Only authors and illustrators published by CBC members may be included in our CBC Magazine features. Hot Off the Press and CBC Showcase are online reading lists open to CBC members' books only.
Promote your authors and illustrators for bookstore, library, and school visits via CBC's comprehensive guide to promotion department contacts at member publishers. Participation is free and exclusive to CBC members.
Promote your authors and illustrators in CBC-sponsored programs at national conventions and conferences.
Participate in the annual CBC reading lists Children's Choices, Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, and Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12. Your books will be reviewed and, if chosen, recommended by the projects' co-sponsoring organizations. The bibliographies are promoted and distributed by CBC and used by teachers, librarians, and booksellers across the country. Submission is free to Regular and Initiating Members; Associate Members pay a discounted submission rate.
Participate in the CBC Industry Sales Survey. The only publication of its kind, CBC's Industry Sales Survey provides children's book sales data in nine categories: hardcover and paperback categories for picture books, books for grades 2-6, young adult books, and "all other," and a single category for board books. The survey includes year-to-year quarterly comparative reports in each category, in dollars and units and for gross sales, returns, net sales, and gross sales dollars per units. Electronic files summarizing all data accompany the printed report to facilitate analysis of general sales trends as well as a publisher's own market share in specific areas. Regular and Initiating Members receive four free copies of the survey; Associate Members receive two.
Participate in professional programs that keep you informed of new markets, technology, and ways to look at your business, or that introduce junior personnel to the nuts and bolts of the business of children's book publishing. CBC members have registration priority and pay discounted registration fees.
Create cooperative relationships with fellow publishers through venues such as the Midsize Publishers Forum, which produces co-op ads featuring members' newest books in national publications.
Get 50% off subscriptions to Awards & Prizes Online, the most comprehensive source for information on children's book awards. Covering nearly 300 awards, the fully searchable entries include a description of each award, its sponsor's contact information, and a list of all winners since the award's inception. CBC members get a 50% discount on annual subscriptions.
Provide up-to-date submission information to aspiring authors and illustrators. Members' basic submission guidelines are included on our Members List, and you may list your company in the Illustrator's Guide to Members of the Children's Book Council, a specialized directory of CBC members' policies for reviewing artwork. Participation is free and exclusive to CBC members.
Distribute your materials through CBC Features, CBC's semi-annual newsletter for teachers, librarians, and others interested in children's books. Its Materials Available section provides listings of promotional materials available free from CBC members. Inclusion in Materials Available is free and exclusive to CBC members.
List your company's job openings and internships in the Careers in Children's Book Publishing section, the children's book publishing industry's one-stop job board. Participation is free and exclusive to CBC members.
Serve on cooperative committees with the American Booksellers Association, the Association of Booksellers for Children, the American Library Association, and the International Reading Association-organizations with which CBC enjoys positive and productive relationships.
Meet and network with your colleagues at events such as the CBC Annual Meeting.
Receive CBC Update, which includes news of CBC activities and programs as well as other industry news. No charge to CBC members.
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Membership in the Children's Book Council is open to all U.S. publishers and packagers of children's books and producers of book-related materials for children. Personal memberships are not available. There are several levels of membership that represent the variety of CBC member companies:
Regular Members are companies or divisions of companies in the United States actively engaged in publishing trade books for children and young adults. Regular Members are full voting members of the CBC, are eligible to serve on all committees and on the Council Board of Directors, and may participate in CBC activities at no cost or at the lowest fee tier.
Associate Members are companies actively engaged in publishing trade books for children and young adults in the United States but who have no more than forty-five books in print and did not publish more than twelve titles in the previous calendar year. Associate Members are non-voting members eligible to serve on all committees, and may participate in CBC activities at no cost or at a mid-level fee tier.
Initiating Members are companies or divisions of companies in the United States that plan to, but have not yet, published trade books for children, or that have published their first list but do not yet have a full year's revenue data on which Regular Member dues assessment may be based. Initiating Members are voting members, are eligible to serve on all committees, and may participate in CBC activities at no cost or at the lowest fee tier.
Affiliate Members are companies whose products for children are related to children's books. Affiliate Members are non-voting members, are eligible to serve on all committees, and may participate in CBC activities at no cost or at a modest fee tier.
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Affiliate Members, Associate Members, and Initiating Members pay an annual flat fee assessment. For 2006, the following dues apply:
| Affiliate Members: |
$1200 |
| Associate Members: |
$400 |
| Initiating Members: |
$1200 |
Regular Members Regular Members' dues are a revenue-based assessment according to the schedule below. The dues schedule is incremental: Each New Category Assessment is calculated by adding the Additional Category Assessment for that revenue level to the assessment for the previous revenue level. If you joined CBC before January 2002, 5% upper and lower caps apply; your dues for 2006 cannot vary more than 5% from your 2004 dues regardless of revenues.
On the dues schedule table, locate the column with the revenue range that includes your total annual revenue. Your dues are the Base Assessment in that column plus the amount arrived at by multiplying your revenues that exceed the lesser amount of the revenue range by the column rate.
Here's how dues are calculated for a Regular Member with revenues of $2,350,000:
- The column including the member's total revenue figure is the 2001-3000 column. The base
assessment is $3,280.
- The members' revenues are $350,000 in excess of $2,000,000 (the lesser amount of the revenue
range in the 2001-3000 column). The rate for revenue exceeding $2,000,000 is $1.43 per thousand.
The member must add $500.50 ($1.43 multiplied by 350) to the base assessment.
- Total dues are $3,780.50:
Base Assessment for revenues: $3,280.00
Sales exceeding $2,000,000 multiplied by $1.43 per thousand (350 x $1.43): $500.50
Total 2006 Dues($3,280.00 + 500.50): $3,780.50
REGULAR MEMBER DUES SCHEDULE TABLE
Assessment rates in thousands (000's)
Revenue
Category |
1
to
1000 |
1001
to
2000 |
2001
to
3000 |
3001
to
5000 |
5001
to
7000 |
7001
to
10000 |
10001
to
15000 |
15001
to
20000 |
20001
to
30000 |
30001
to
40000 |
40001
to
60000 |
60001
to
90000 |
90001
and up |
| Rate Base |
1.71 |
1.57 |
1.43 |
1.30 |
1.14 |
1.00 |
0.86 |
0.72 |
0.61 |
0.47 |
0.35 |
0.23 |
0.12 |
| Assessment |
0 |
1710 |
3280 |
4710 |
7310 |
9590 |
12590 |
16890 |
20490 |
26590 |
31290 |
38290 |
45190 |
| Additional Category Assessment |
1710 |
1570 |
1430 |
2600 |
2280 |
3000 |
4300 |
3600 |
6100 |
4700 |
7000 |
6900 |
|
| New Category Assessment |
1710 |
3280 |
4710 |
7310 |
9590 |
12590 |
16890 |
20490 |
26590 |
31290 |
38290 |
45190 |
|
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If your company is eligible for CBC membership and you would like to receive a Membership Application, please contact Kelly Giordano at (212) 966-1990 or kelly.giordano@cbcboooks.org.