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Advocacy on behalf of BC Publishers
The ABPBC works with governments at the provincial and federal level to ensure the health of the book publishing industry through the development of comprehensive publishing policies.
Identification of issues, research and discussion lead to the development of policies designed to ensure that the cultural and industrial activities of our membership are addressed in enlightened public policy. Successful collaborations between the book industry through the ABPBC and government have resulted in the following initiatives:
Block and Project Funding Programs
BC Arts Council (BCAC) funding programs support the publication of culturally relevant titles from eligible BC publishers.
Book Publishing Tax Credit (BPTC)
The BPTC provides refundable credits to eligible BC book publishers through the tax system.
BC Film
BC Film initiated, in consultation with the ABPBC, two programs to encourage partnerships between the BC film and BC publishing industries. The Optioning Fund provides financing for the initial optioning of a work by a Canadian author published by an eligible BC publisher and the Multi-Platform Exploration Fund provides financial support to proposals examining the multi-platform potential of a project or story concept.
BC Archives
The BC Archives ensures valuable cultural material is available to the public through book publication. Discounted prices for the reproduction of images from the BC Archives are available to ABPBC members.
BC Books on BC Ferries
In the 1980s the ABPBC urged the government of the day to improve the retailing of BC books on the ferries. When the contract was tendered to a professional book retailer sales tripled. Today the BC Ferry BC books sections of their gift shops sell over 300 different titles and are an important sales venue and showcase for BC published and authored titles. The current distributor for the BC Ferries books sections is The News Group.