There are three levels of membership based on the level of publishing activity of a company (please see the application form for full membership guidelines and requirements):

A Full Member benefits from all the services of the BPAA, including the display and archive programs. They receive all member news and postings, are listed in the directory, and have voting rights at all meetings of the Association. The annual membership fee for Full Members is $750.

To be considered for Full Membership, a company must:

• have its chief office of business in Alberta;
• be at least 80% beneficially owned by a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant, or be fully owned by Canadian institutions or associations that are in turn at least 80% beneficially owned by Canadian citizens or landed immigrants;
• be 51% beneficially owned by people domiciled in Alberta, with effective managerial, editorial and financial control by people domiciled in Alberta;
• publish Canadian books as a primary and not activity;
• be in operation for at least two years from the publication date of first title;
• have at least four original Canadian tiltes in print, and have a publishing program that produces at least one new title per year;
• have no more than 25% of titles in print written by principals, directors or employees of the company. (Please Note: Publishers with more than 25% of their titles authored by principals or directors of the company may be eligible for membership so long as they can demonstrate that they are a bona fide book publisher.)

An Associate Member is also eligible for the display and archive programs. They receive all member news and postings, and are listed in the directory. They can attend all Association meetings but cannot vote. The annual membership fee for an Associate Member is $500.

To be considered for an Associate Membership, a company must:

• have its chief office of business in Alberta;
• be at least 80% beneficially owned by Canadian citizens or landed immigrants, or be fully owned by Canadian institutions or associations that are in turn at least 80% beneficially owned by Canadian citizens or landed immigrants;
• have effective managerial and editorial control in the hands of people domiciled in Alberta, and financial control in the hands of people living in Canada;
• have book publishing as an important but not necessarily primary activity;
• have published at least two Canadian titles in the past three years;

A Supporting Member is eligible for the archive program, but not the display program. They are listed in the directory and receive all member mailings and postings. They can attend but not vote at Association meetings. The annual membership fee for a Supporting Member is $250.

A Supporting Membership is open to any individual, firm, partnership, individual proprietorship or institution which supports the objectives of Alberta publishers.