Restrictions to Access

No restrictions. Open for research.

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Publishers Association of the South Records #4992, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Ted Parkhurst of Little Rock, Ark., in September 1999 (Acc. 98464) and March 2001 (Acc. 98875); from Pat Sabiston of Panama City, Fla., in February 2001 (Acc. 98856) and September 2003 (Acc. 99619); and transferred from Collection Development, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in August 2007 (Acc. 100758).

Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

Processed by: Linda Sellars, December 1999

Encoded by: Linda Sellars, December 1999

Finding aid updated in June 2001 by Linda Sellars; in March 2004 by Matthew Turi.

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

• American Booksellers Association.
• Publishers Association of the South.
• Publishers Marketing Association.
• Publishers and publishing--Societies, etc.
• Publishers and publishing--Southern States.
• Small Publishers Association of North America.
• Southeast Booksellers Association.
• Southern States--Commerce.

The Publishers Association of the South (PAS) was officially created at a meeting of the founding steering committee on 19 January 1985 in Atlanta, Ga., to advance book publishing in the South. To achieve that purpose, PAS undertakes educational efforts to heighten the professionalism of members and communication efforts--with booksellers, libraries, and the media--to expand awareness of the variety of books published in the South.

PAS represents its members at such trade shows and exhibits as the American Booksellers Association (ABA) convention and the Southeast Booksellers Association (SEBA) convention. PAS services to members include a newsletter; annual meetings and workshops held in conjunction with the Southeast Booksellers Association trade show; liaison with the Southeast Booksellers Association and high profile at SEBA trade show; affiliation with the Association of American Publishers (AAP), including access to AAP educational activities; a central office to facilitate communication within PAS; promotion of best-selling titles through a PAS basic stock list distributed to booksellers; a variety of learning and exhibition opportunities; and listing in the PAS directory of members. PAS also offers a mini-trade show featuring vendors specializing in various aspects of book production, which is held prior to the SEBA convention; and access to PAS's general counsel, King & Ballow, a firm experienced in publishing law.

Membership in PAS is available to book-publishing firms in the South. In addition, associated firm memberships are available to non-publishing corporations related to the business of publishing and supporting the industry; associated individual memberships are available to persons who, through their profession and interest in the business of publishing, ally themselves to the industry.

Records of the Publishers Association of the South (PAS) document the organization's development and efforts to promote book publishing in the South. Included are correspondence files, newsletters, meeting minutes, membership records, financial records, and a few other items. Most of the files relate to PAS's exhibits at American Booksellers Association (ABA) and Southeast Booksellers Association (SEBA) conventions and to the organization's meetings, seminars, and workshops. Also included are newsletters of the Publishers Marketing Association (PMA), 1999-2002, and newsletters and directories of the Small Publishers Association of North America (SPAN), 1997-2003.