[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by taming

The Canada Council for the Arts also has grants programs for both authors AND publishers that apparently work well.

The Canada Council has that program for a simple reason: the Canadian market is too small to support writers (or publishers) entirely on sales within Canada. To encourage Canadians writing and publishing, the government is offering subsidies to help make it pay.

Some Canadian writers, like Margaret Atwood and Robert J. Sawyer, have gained a following outside of Canada and can make a respectable living on book royalties, but most rely on government grants for any real income from writing.
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Dennis