Publishing and Co-Publishing

Does your department or agency want to publish a Government of Canada work for resale?

What We Can Do For You

Publishing Programs can help you with a publication project from its initial stages to the final marketing and distribution of your work. Here is an overview of our turn-key services.

Guidance on:

  • Format of your work: print, audio, or electronic
  • Compliance: legislation, policies, and guidelines
  • Publication route:
    • Use our publishing services; or
    • Co-publish with a private-sector publisher or university press

Project management for:

  • Planning, costs, and scheduling
  • Graphics, illustration, and design
  • Printing

Let Us Market Your Work!

  • On our Web site (publications.gc.ca)
  • Catalogues
  • Fact sheets
  • Direct-mail campaigns
  • Book fairs & book sales
  • Trade shows
  • Conferences
  • Special events

Marketing advice about:

  • Potential markets
  • Economics of free or priced distribution
  • Price sensitivities
  • Appropriate print runs

Promotion/Sales assistance through:

  • Our Web site
  • A network of bookstores/distributors in Canada and abroad
  • Central inquiry and ordering services
  • Order processing and fulfillment, and inventory management
  • Warehousing and distribution