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Publishing Process Overview

Infoline authors have a variety of backgrounds. Some authors have written extensively for other publications, while others are first-time authors who wish to share their expertise or practice with other workplace learning and performance professionals.

ASTD neither pays a fee, nor provides authors with a royalty check for their Infolines. However, ASTD does send authors 20 complimentary copies of their published work. Authors may also purchase up to 100 copies of their Infoline at the cost of $5 per issue. Most authors use their status as an Infoline author to enhance their credibility and/or market awareness of a training and development practice, approach, or model. Others view Infoline authorship as a way to give back to the profession.

No matter what your reasons for wishing to be an Infoline author, the experience can be rewarding and interesting. The following guidelines will help you create a proposal to write an issue of Infoline.

Infoline Proposal

Some authors prepare a short proposal (one to two pages) for an issue of Infoline after discussing the suitability of a topic area with the acquisitions editor, while other authors prefer to get their thoughts down on paper before communicating with the editor. Either approach is acceptable. Answering the following questions will help you develop a formal Infoline proposal or prepare you for a conversation with an Infoline editor:

  1. What is the working title of the proposed Infoline?
  2. Will you be the only author or is the proposed Infoline a multi-author issue?
  3. Provide complete contact information, including your name, company, title, mailing address, phone, fax, and email.
  4. Describe your issue of Infoline in a two or three sentence summary and include the primary and secondary objectives of your proposed issue. Make sure to clearly indicate if your proposed issue is a how-to or trend issue. If your proposed issue seems similar to another Infoline please explain how your issue is different.
  5. Describe your qualifications (briefly) for writing the proposed Infoline.
  6. Provide an estimated completion date.
  7. Create a detailed table of contents describing the contents of each section of the issue.

Send Completed Materials to

Justin Brusino
Associate Editor, Infoline
1640 King Street  Box 1443
Alexandria, VA 22313-1443
jbrusino@astd.org (Email)
703.683.9596 (Phone)
703.683.9591 (Fax)