Final typeset files for both exchanges will be shared with the entire Discord upon completion. Because of this, author & artist permission is required in accordance with the file sharing rules on the server/the Bindery’s mission statement.

• It’s the Gifter’s job to obtain the author’s permission before beginning to format the work, unless it is an orphaned work. See provided templates below. Author (and artist) permissions must be obtained by Oct. 16th at the latest. (If you don’t receive a response, move to the next fic on the list.)

• If no authors respond, contact a mod to contact giftee for more fic suggestions.

• Giftees will provide 3-5 links to possible works on AO3, FFN, LJ, or DW. Orphaned works and public domain works are fine, but no deleted works are permissible. Please be conscientious when providing your links; authors who have an active social media presence within the last three months are more likely to respond than an author who’s been inactive for a length of time. Each of the first three fics must be by different authors; the last two fics can be by one of the first three.

• If the fic comes with fanart, ask the artist before including. Provide a link to the art.

• For both exchanges, all fics should be submitted to the mods by Nov. 20th in the form of a straight-paged PDF.

• Specify the size of paper for which your PDF is designed (letter, A4, etc.).

• In the case of the Bound Fic exchange this due date is only between the Gifter & the Mods to make sure work is on track, it will not be shared with anyone until the end of the exchange. 

• You may use a proxy address if you would like!

• Fics must be hand bound. The use of POD services is not permitted for the exchange.

• If you have dropped from the exchange in a previous year, participation is permitted at the mods’ discretion.

New this year: Betas & Buddies!

• While we encourage you to sign up as a Pinch Hitter if you are able (we always welcome the support), this year, we are introducing two new roles: Betas & Buddies!

• Betas are volunteers who are willing to look over a typeset and provide advice/help! Your Discord information will be emailed as part of a Beta list to all participants, and you may be contacted to assist at the discretion of the participants. This will allow participants to ask more specific questions without worrying about their giftee seeing the answer in the Discord.

• The Buddies is a new system we are putting in place (opt-in) as an option for all Bound Fic participants. If you opt-in to the buddy system, mods will pair you with another participant, in experienced/less experienced binder combinations. This will allow newer binders to ask questions without worrying about their giftee seeing the answer in the Discord.