After more than a decade of waiting, Simon & Schuster Canada has received approval from Heritage Canada to publish local authors directly in Canada, rather than just import and distribute books from the S&S US list. “Simon & Schuster Canada has met its obligations under the Investment Canada Act and may now launch a book publishing business in Canada,” Heritage Canada told the Globe and Mail in an email. President of Simon & Schuster Canada Kevin Hanson said in a statement, “This will give Canadian authors more opportunities to be published in Canada, discovered by Canadian readers and made known […]
