Support for Publishers: Business Development – Canada Book Fund

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.
  • NEW: The maximum total eligible expenses have increased for all internships.
  • NEW: The considerations for interns with a print disability has been expanded to persons living with a disability. 
• Business planning: Business planning projects help recipients develop strategic approaches to improving their business activities and competitiveness.
  • NEW: Business planning includes a new priority for projects focused on inclusion, diversity and equity (IDE) and accessible format publishing.

Who can apply

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 2024-2025; 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 2024-2025.

Business planning

• Individual publishing firms that received funding from the Publishing Support sub-component of the CBF's Support for Publishers component in 2024-2025; 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.

Application deadline

January 31, 2025

Your application must be submitted online by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time for a project that starts between April 1, 2025 and March 31, 2026.

How to apply

• Review the Application Guidelines – Support for Publishers: Business Development; and
• Access your Canadian Heritage account and apply online.

Apply

Contact us

Email

flc-sae-cbf-sfp@pch.gc.ca

Telephone

819-997-0055
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TTY

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Agents are available to answer your questions Monday to Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time.