Co-publishing Program

The Culture Division manages the Co-publishing Program, a public/private sector partnership program for publications. This program provides private-sector publishers with the opportunity to market specific books, series, directories, and magazines on behalf of the government. It also permits government to continue to publish or start to publish information at reduced or no costs.

Clients with information that they wish to continue to make public or start to make public, both traditionally and electronically, can do so at a lower cost if the private-sector publisher has a market for the publication. Production and distribution costs can be covered or offset in some instances through the sale of advertising and in others through assigned royalties. An added bonus is the broader distribution that your information can realize through the established trade network of the private-sector publisher.

Through a Call for Proposals, the Culture Division will work with you to establish if there is an interest by the private sector, the best treatment for your publication, and the most cost-effective method. After award of the contract, staff will continue to work with you and your private-sector partner to ensure that you have approvals at all key points of production and that the quality of product promised is delivered.

Clients

All government departments, agencies, boards, and commissions; business sectors.

Contact:
Peter Guilford
Manager, Co-publishing Program
Phone: 424-5793