Impressive overview of censorship and systemic problems in publishing & distribution.
However, please bear in mind that Canada CUSTOMS (the arm of the Canadian gov't that stops stuff from flowing freely into Canada) is different from the Canada COUNCIL (full name: Canada Council for the Arts.) The Canada Council is the Canadian equivalent of the National Endowment for the Arts in the U.S., only better (IMO) because it not only provides needed funding for art projects, it oversees the Public Lending Rights Commission which pays published authors a percentage on the number of times their books are borrowed from public libraries. This system also exists in Britain, but not in the U.S. (Hint: especially in this time of recession, U.S. authors need the extra cash, and could organize to lobby for it.) Googling Public Lending Rights would take you directly to the site which explains how it works.
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Date: 2009-04-13 09:30 pm (UTC)However, please bear in mind that Canada CUSTOMS (the arm of the Canadian gov't that stops stuff from flowing freely into Canada) is different from the Canada COUNCIL (full name: Canada Council for the Arts.) The Canada Council is the Canadian equivalent of the National Endowment for the Arts in the U.S., only better (IMO) because it not only provides needed funding for art projects, it oversees the Public Lending Rights Commission which pays published authors a percentage on the number of times their books are borrowed from public libraries. This system also exists in Britain, but not in the U.S. (Hint: especially in this time of recession, U.S. authors need the extra cash, and could organize to lobby for it.) Googling Public Lending Rights would take you directly to the site which explains how it works.