Publishers Assistance Program
The Publishers Assistance Program supports publishers with potential for sustained or expanding business strength, sound market and business planning, employment growth over the long term, and responsiveness to the provincial literary sector. The program is designed to strengthen the publishing and the literary sectors overall by encouraging quality products, effective marketing, and by making professional development services available to publishers.
Offered by Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts and Recreation
Amount
Funding allocated in two components: a Base Component per eligible title released the previous year (40% of funding) and an Evaluation Component based on assessment of the publishing program (60% of funding); 90% paid on signing the contract, 10% holdback paid on receipt of the final report
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Who can apply
Applicants must be a publishing company that:
- Have its effective management, editorial and financial control within the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador;
- Have as its primary activity the publication of books;
- Have in print no fewer than ten eligible titles;
- Be able to provide a financial statement (Review Engagement or Audit Engagement) and a Royalty Certification Report for the previous fiscal year;
- Demonstrate fiscal viability;
- Demonstrate contractual relationships with authors;
- Issue clear royalty statements on a regular basis and fulfill all contractual obligations and agreed terms to writers, illustrators, translators, artists and other services and licensors;
- Have an on-going publishing program of at least three eligible titles per year;
- Be incorporated and publishing eligible titles for a minimum of two years; and
- Score greater than twenty-five (25) assessment points out of the maximum one hundred (100) points of the Evaluation Component (see Funding Structure below). The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador reserves the right to ask for additional information to determine the eligibility of an applicant.
About the funding
Funding is allocated based on two components: a Base Component allocated on a per publication basis, based on eligible titles released the previous year (40% of funding); and an Evaluation Component based on an assessment of the company’s publishing program (60% of funding) as presented in the application.
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