Financial support for book publisher business planning

Contributions of up to 75% of the total eligible expenses or $50,000 for business planning projects in Canadian book publishing companies owned and controlled by an Indigenous publisher, members of a Racialized community or official language minority publishers.

The Support for Publishers component of the Canada Book Fund (CBF) helps to ensure the sustainable production and marketing of Canadian-authored books by offsetting the high costs of publishing in Canada and building the capacity and competitiveness of the sector. The Business Development sub-component provides assistance to publishers for internship projects and business planning projects:

Internships: Publishing and technology internships provide valuable training for new Canadian book industry professionals, who in turn accomplish useful work that the firm might not otherwise have had the resources to carry out.

Business planning: Business planning projects help recipients develop strategic approaches to improving their business activities and competitiveness.

To be eligible for the Business Development sub-component of the CBF, a publishing firm must meet the following requirements:

Publishing internships

Individual publishing firms with total sales of own titles under $1 million that received funding from the Publishing Support sub-component of the CBF’s Support for Publishers component in 2022-2023; or

Individual publishing firms with total sales of own titles under $1 million that were recipients of support in the most recent funding cycle from the Canada Council for the Arts’ Supporting Artistic Practice – Literary Publishers program.

Technology internships

Individual publishing firms that received funding from the Publishing Support sub-component of the CBF’s Support for Publishers component in 2022-2023.

Business planning

Individual publishing firms that received funding from the Publishing Support sub-component of the CBF’s Support for Publishers component in 2022-2023; or

Individual publishing firms that received funding from the most recent funding cycle from the Canada Council for the Arts’ Supporting Artistic Practice – Literary Publishers program.

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