AP Stylebook Online – Manager Approval Request Letter
Subject: Request to subscribe to AP Stylebook Online
Dear [Manager Name],
Would you please approve my subscription to AP Stylebook Online, the digital edition of the Associated Press Stylebook available at apstylebook.com? This resource is the industry standard for clear, consistent and professional writing across journalism, public relations, marketing, higher education, government, nonprofits and corporate communications teams.
Subscribing would benefit my work — and our organization — in several important ways:
•	Accurate, up-to-date guidance: AP Stylebook Online is updated throughout the year as language, usage and journalistic standards evolve. This ensures [my/our] written materials stay current and credible. [I/We] can receive email alerts from the AP Stylebook editors whenever style guidance is added or changed.
•	Expert guidance from AP editors: The Stylebook is created and updated by AP’s team of professional editors, so the standards are reliable, authoritative and widely adopted.
•	Improves clarity, consistency and trust: Consistent style improves our organization’s professionalism and public perception.
•	[I/We] can add our house style rules: [INDIVIDUAL VERSION: I can add our local style guidance so it’s all in one place and easily accessible. Custom entries and notes appear first in search results, making it clear when we have rules that might deviate from AP style. SITE LICENSE VERSION: We can add our own internal custom style entries and everyone on the team can have access to them. No more saving emails or searching Slack messages about updates. Custom entries and notes appear first in search results, making it clear when we have rules that might deviate from AP style.]
•	Merriam-Webster Dictionary provides comprehensive guidance: Adding the AP Stylebook’s primary dictionary, Merriam-Webster, to the subscription provides seamless lookups for terms that go beyond AP Stylebook. Often when something doesn’t appear in the Stylebook, it’s because AP’s editors defer to the dictionary on that entry.
Request
I’m requesting approval to purchase a one-year AP Stylebook Online subscription, which will cost $XXX.
[Use the shopping assistant at https://store.stylebooks.com/apstylebookonline.html to choose the number of users that’s right for you, then indicate whether you would like to add the Merriam-Webster module and if you’d like to participate in our autorenewal program for 20% off. If you have five or more users, you will get to choose whether you want a named-user site license, which is the most popular, or a concurrent-user license. Then click the “Find my Stylebook” button to get the price for your configuration to include here. You will also get text you can copy and paste, if you like. For example:
25 named-user subscription
For this configuration, the cost will be $23.52 per user annually. Compare that to the spiral-bound AP Stylebook, which sells for $34.95 plus shipping, and does not include the online-only bonus features of AP Stylebook Online.
For 25 users, the total would be: $588.00 for your first year.
This is the first-year rate. Renewing subscribers receive a 10% discount off first-year rates, or 20% off if you opt in to our auto-renewal program.
This price includes a 20% discount for the first year for keeping a credit card on file for auto renewals.]
[Alternatively, you can also add your preferred AP Stylebook Online subscription to your shopping cart, then click the “Request price quote” button in the shopping cart. This function will send you both text email with the price and a PDF, which you can attach to your email to your manager.]
Additional details, feature descriptions, and pricing can be found on the Stylebook Online product page: https://store.stylebooks.com/apstylebookonline.html
Thank you for considering this request. I believe this subscription will be a valuable resource for my role and for our organization’s goals.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]
[Your Title / Department]