Knowledge sharing just got easier
for Canadian cultural practitioners
Cultural Futures is a non-profit cultural organization which, in part, serves asl a Canadian culture and museum eBook distributor that offers an equitable, accessible and climate/environment-friendly vehicle for
Making The Case for eBooks
Canada's eBook market is experiencing a surge in demand as readers embrace digital formats for their convenience and accessibility.
36% of Canadian book buyers purchased ebooks in 2022.
16% of all Canadian readers preferred ebooks in 2022 and almost half of ebook readers agreed or sometimes agreed
that they would not read a book in another format, if an ebook was not available.
The user penetration rate is projected to be 17.6% in 2025 and is expected to decrease to 17.4% by 2027.
Statistica / BookNews Canada
Making The Case for eBooks
Ebook readers read widely and cite the following user preferences for reading eBooks
Most Canadian ebook readers read ebooks on either a smartphone (34%) or tablet (32%) in 2022, making books easier to access on the go.
Canadian ebook readers use a variety of ebook features while reading, including night display (72%), table of contents (72%), and zoom (71%).
Ebook readers also cite value-added features that could only be made available in digital format as a reason for preferring this publishing format.
Jonsons Reed
Making The Case for eBooks
What does this mean financially?
The eBooks market in Canada is projected to reach a revenue of C$309.30m in 2025.
The average revenue per user (ARPU) is estimated to be C$44.62.
Statistica
Expanding Cultural Thought Leadership
Expanding Cultural Thought Leadership
By embracing eBooks, Canadian cultural workers can share their ideas widely, bridging geographic divides. eBooks make thought leadership accessible, enabling professionals from coast to coast to engage with critical insights.
Faster Access to Essential Knowledge
Faster Access to Essential Knowledge
eBooks offer immediate access to cutting-edge thought leadership, empowering cultural workers to stay informed. Whether you're in an office or on the go, eBooks provide vital knowledge at your fingertips when you most need it.
Greater access to Canadian marketplace
Greater access to Canadian marketplace
eBooks provide a platform for emerging and established Canadian thought leaders to influence the national conversation. As a digital medium, eBooks offer a flexible, effective way to distribute innovative ideas across Canada’s cultural sector.
Publishing with Cultural Futures
We are committed to promoting uniquely Canadian thought leadership and opportunities to engage with leading cultural sector voices in Canada today.
MEET OUR EDITOR
adriana davies
Adriana is a historian, poet, curator, and specialist in fine and decorative arts. She authored two volumes of the Dictionary of British Portraiture, served as Science and Technology Editor for The Canadian Encyclopedia.
As Executive Director of the Alberta Museums Association for 12 years, Adriana transformed the Alberta museum sector—and arguably the national sector—from traditional community repositories to dynamic hubs of community engagement and education. She developed Canada’s only museum standards of practice program and redefined museum funding by linking grants to adherence to these standards. Her leadership also saw the creation of the annual Awards for Excellence, recognizing exceptional contributions to the field.
After leaving the Association in 2010, Adriana led the Heritage Community Foundation, where she partnered with heritage organizations to launch a digital platform that published over 72 websites sharing Canada’s heritage globally.
Since her "retirement" in 2016, Adriana has authored six books on Canada's social immigration history and continues to shape the national cultural conversation through her work with Cultural Futures Canada.
Adriana has BA and MA degrees from the University of Alberta and a PhD from the University of London, England. She is a recipient of an Order of Canada and is a Cavaliere d'Italia.
- Subjects we publish : Cultural Futures will review book proposals in the fields of museology, placemaking, festival and live event management, cultural non-profit management, digital transformation in cultural organizations, audience development and marketing of cultural organizations, creative industries.
- Themes we seek: Cultural Futures Publishing is seeking publications that have a diversity, accessibility, equity and equality and inclusion focus and/or a Truth and Reconciliation focus.
- Our publishing priorities: Our first priority is to work with Canadian authors who write within the Canadian cultural context or on the global cultural context; as part of our mandate, we seek to promote Canadian thought leadership and promote opportunities for authors/thought leaders to engage with the Canadian cultural sector. Our secondary priority is to publish authors from around the world who are writing about the Canadian cultural sector and/or experience. Our third priority is to work with authors who write on a global cultural context who are committed desire to promote their work within the Canadian cultural sector context and their proposal is on a topic of interest to a Canadian cultural audience.
- Electronic vs Paper Publications. Cultural Futures Publishing is first and foremost a digital-first publishing house. That said, we will publish in paperback format a limited run of books; with minimum of 25 and maximum of 500 books to be determined by the Cultural Futures. If an author wants to purchase a run of paperback books, we will supply that run at cost.
What We Publish
How We Promote Our Authors and Publications
Cultural Futures Books
Our online eBook store, Cultural Futures Books, is our primary vehicle for making eBook publications available to the 626,000+ cultural practitioners who work in Canada's cultural sector, students studying cultural management, the arts and Canadian history in Canada.
Authors can expect their new book to be promoted as follows by Cultural Futures Books:
- Author page. Every author receives a dedicated author bio page that highlights all the books we sell (e.g. our Robert R. Janes author page).
- Author collections promotion. Authors with 3 or more books (even those not published by us) receive a 1 month Author Collection promotion. Authors publishing with Cultural Futures Publishing House receive Feature Author status on an ongoing basis (they are never taken off that list).
- Feature Book promotion. New works published by us receive the coveted Feature Book section on the home page of our ecommerce site for a minimum of 1 month; there are only 12 of these spaces available each year. Afterwards, they receive the Feature Book space on the New Arrivals page for 1 month. They also are placed in the Featured Books space leader on the category page they were published under.
- Book Club feature. Our editor holds a monthly online book club, providing opportunity for cultural practitioners to engage with thought leaders. In Canada, we are the only publishing house that hosts online events to connect the cultural workforce with thought leaders from Canada and around the world. Amazon, for example, does not host author events.
- Book Blog review. We will arrange for an authoritative cultural practitioner to write a 1,000+ word book review that will be published in our blog and be made available to the author, to art service organizations, and to other Canadian book blogs.
- When: We accept submissions year-around. We do have an annual call for submissions, often on a particular theme or subject.
- Submission Requirements - Proposals Only (prefered): Proposals must include an annotated table of contents (a three-to-four-page table of contents with a brief description of every chapter). If an author has a completed manuscript, a proposal must first be submitted and can include a sample chapter. Submissions should also include: the author’s C.V. and/or biographical statement; a survey of comparable books; and sample art in digital form. Please indicate if you own the rights to the illustrations, and if not, whether you have access to the required images.
- Submission Requirements - Completed Manuscripts: We accept only proposals for consideration. Proposals must include an annotated table of contents (a three-to-four-page table of contents with a brief description of every chapter). If an author has a completed manuscript, a proposal must first be submitted and can include a sample chapter. If the proposal is accepted, then the author can submit the completed manuscript for review. Accepted manuscripts then undergo the editing process.
- Submitting your proposal. We accept e-mailed submissions only. Proposal packages should be emailed to editor@culturalfutures.ca
Our Publication Process
- Our Review Process: The editor reviews every proposal submitted and each proposal is considered on the merit of the proposal alone. The Editor brings a package with a summary of all proposal being received and the the reasoning behind their recommendation to an Editorial Board. Members of the Editorial Board can ask for copies of proposals that are not being recommended for development as a second review and/or the Editor may ask members of the Editorial Board to conduct a review and also tablets their recommendations.
- Manuscript Development Process. Authors whose proposals have been accepted for development and eventual publishing will work closely with the editor throughout the manuscript development process.
- The Editing Process: Once a complete manuscript, along with an index, illustrations, cited references (byt chapter) and bibliography are submitted, the Editor will edit the manuscript. Authors can expect revisions throughout the editing process that may include; a full rewrite, a full chapter rewrite, requests for expanded content or a reduction in content, and/or minor editorial revisions to tighten up certain sections or chapters. Minor edits to them manuscript will be undertaken by the editor and their discretion and will be reviewed chapter by chapter with the author.
- The Design Process: Once a manuscript is completed, it then is given our designer. The designer then prepares a a design package that includes two or three choices for a cover along with singular designs for an inside cover, index, author bio page, tribute page, and a sample chapter design. Recommendations on whether illustrations are interspersed throughout the publication or grouped together is also part of the design package. The author, the Editor and the Designer will collaborate on the final choices; the final choice of design rests with the Editor.
