In case you were wondering…

While Education Act 217 (1) prohibits the selling of self-published works by a teacher, 217 (2) allows Brian to sell his books, as they are published by companies that are not his own.

Education Act 217 (1-2)

Promotion or sale of books, etc., by employees of board or Ministry to board, pupil, etc., prohibited

217. (1) No teacher, supervisory officer or other employee of a board or of the Ministry shall, for compensation of any kind other than his or her salary as such employee, promote, offer for sale or sell, directly or indirectly, any book or other teaching or learning materials, equipment, furniture, stationery or other article to any board, provincial school or teachers’ college, or to any pupil enrolled therein. R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2, s. 217 (1).

Exception for authors

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a teacher, supervisory officer or any other employee in respect of a book or other teaching or learning materials of which he or she is an author where the only compensation that he or she receives in respect thereof is a fee or royalty thereon. R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2, s. 217 (2).

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