Who We Are

Our most recent reports

• BC Publishers Welcome the Extension of the Book Publishing Tax Credit in the British Columbia Budget 2012
• Canadian Bookshelf Announces Amazon.ca as Lead Sponsor and Rebrands as The 49th Shelf
• Bernadette McDonald has won the 2012 American Alpine Club Literary Award

The ABPBC believes a healthy BC book industry is essential to the educational, social, cultural and economic life of the province. British Columbia’s publishers produce books in all genres that engage and inform Canadian and international readers, young and old, scholars and those who read for pleasure.

The ABPBC also provides information to the public on the industry in general and on our member’s books in particular.

Canadian Publishing Organizations

• Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP)
• Association of English-Language Publishers of Quebec (AELAQ)
• Association of Manitoba Book Publishers
• Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association
• Book Publishers Association of Alberta
• Literary Press Group of Canada
• Organization of Book Publishers of Ontario
• Saskatchewan Publishers Group

Related Organizations

• Access Copyright
• Booknet Canada
• Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing, SFU
• The Word On The Street
• The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC)