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Publishing

Do you need advice and expertise on...

• The publication process?
• Style, format, and design?
• Market analysis?
• Promotion to your target audience?
• Costs, demand, and financial viability?

We produce publications from most government departments and agencies, including mandatory government information products and non-mandatory publications on many topics.

Check out our services:

1. Marketing research
2. Publishing methods
3. Formats
4. Coordination, design, and production
5. Channels of information/distribution
6. Government publishing policies/directives
7. For more information

1. Marketing research. We can help you:

• Identify and measure potential markets - primary, secondary, tertiary;
• Establish the economics of free or priced distribution;
• Assess price sensitivities;
• Determine appropriate quantities.

2. Publishing methods. We can act as your publisher or negotiate a co-publishing arrangement on your behalf with a private sector publisher or other government departments/agencies.

3. Formats. We can help you choose the best formats for your publication:

• Traditional print hard or soft cover, including print-on-demand
• Electronic formats - diskette, CD-ROM, online publishing
• Web site publishing
• Alternative formats - large print, Braille, audio-cassette

4. Coordination, design and production. We can also:

• Oversee design including graphics and illustration
• Handle production - project planning, costing, scheduling, printing

5. Channels of information and distribution.We can market your product through our:

• Network of bookstores and distributors in Canada and around the world
• Central ordering desk service that accepts public orders - telephone, regular mail, fax, e-mail
• Web site

6. Government publishing policies/directives. We can offer guidance on:

• Federal Identity Program
• Crown Copyright Act
• Official Languages Act
• Depository Services Program
• Government Communications Policy

7. For more information. To find out more about our consulting/coordination services, contact: