Saint Jean

What Saint Jean does

Saint-Jean Éditeur (legal name Guy Saint-Jean Éditeur inc.) is a privately-held French-language book publisher founded in 1981 in Laval, Quebec. It publishes across fiction, children's, self-help, parenting, cooking, and spirituality, holding a catalog of more than 200 titles that includes French translations of internationally recognized authors such as Kristin Hannah, Mel Robbins, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Kate Morton, Nora Roberts, and Daniel Siegel. The publisher brands its catalog through sub-collections including La Petite Collection (children's), Crois-le ou non, and the newer ÉquinoX noir line curated by Aurélien Masson.

The company generates revenue across three channels: a direct-to-consumer e-commerce site (saint-jeanediteur.com) with retail pricing of CAD $8.99 to $32.95 tax-inclusive, wholesale distribution to Canadian bookshops, and audiobook distribution through the partner platform vuesetvoix.com / livreaudio.vuesetvoix.com. Logistics rely on Postes Canada with a weekly processing cadence, and distribution is Canadian-only. Marketing is conducted through the website, email newsletters, and social media (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest).

The publisher operates at modest scale (11-50 employees) under the leadership of President Nicole Saint-Jean. There is no app, no patent portfolio, no disclosed funding round, no acquisition activity, and no AI/ML capabilities evident in the input data. Privacy practices comply with Canadian federal law (LPRPDE) and Quebec Bill 25, with data hosted in Quebec.

Name

Saint Jean

Legal name

Guy Saint-Jean Éditeur inc.

Website

https://saint-jeanediteur.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Saint-Jean Éditeur is a private French-language book publisher founded in 1981 in Laval, Quebec, serving Canadian Francophone readers across fiction, children's, self-help, and lifestyle genres through direct-to-consumer, wholesale, and audiobook channels with a catalog of 200+ titles.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Book Publishing

NAICS

Book Publishers (513130), Book Publishers (51313)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAJAAAB

Genre & Category Publishing (Romance, Mystery/Thriller, Sci‑Fi/Fantasy, etc.)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Book Publishing (Trade & Consumer)

SECONDARYMPAJAJAE

Author Website, Storefront & Direct-to-Reader Commerce (D2C Sales)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Self-Publishing Platforms & Author Services

Keywords

• Book publishing
• French-language literature
• Children's literature
• Audiobook publishing
• Digital book publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Chomedey

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Book Sales: Saint-Jean Éditeur generates revenue through the sale of physical books (paperback and hardcover), digital downloads in PDF and ePub formats, and audio books. Books are sold at various price points ranging from approximately $8.99 for smaller titles to $32.95 for premium publications. The company operates its own e-commerce storefront and ships orders weekly across Canada.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Saint-Jean Éditeur is a Quebec-based independent book publisher that publishes and sells French-language books in paperback, hardcover, ePub, PDF, and audiobook formats across genres including novels, children's literature, personal development, cookbooks, parenting guides, and spirituality. The company sells directly to consumers through its own e-commerce website and distributes to physical bookstores across Canada via Postes Canada weekly shipments. Key product lines include curated collections such as La Petite Collection, Crois-le ou non, À la découverte des émotions, and ÉquinoX, alongside individual published titles by both Quebecois and internationally translated authors.

Product overview

Saint-Jean Éditeur is a Quebec-based book publisher offering a diverse catalog of French-language books across multiple categories including fiction novels, children's literature, self-help, parenting guides, cooking, and general interest. The publisher produces books in multiple formats: print (paperback/hardcover), digital (ePub and PDF), and audio books. Key collections include 'Crois-le ou non' (youth nonfiction facts collection), 'La Petite Collection' (children's reading learning collection), and 'À la découverte des émotions' (children's emotions exploration). Notable authors include Mel Robbins, Kristin Hannah, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Kate Morton, Nora Roberts, Amy Tan, and Daniel Siegel. The company ships orders once weekly via Canada Post from their Laval, Quebec offices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• La Petite Collection: A collection for early readers featuring stories designed to help children learn to read, with parent guides by specialists
• Crois-le ou non
• ÉquinoX

Products and services

• La Petite Collection Curated collection designed to help children learn to read through original stories accompanied by parent guides and step-by-step reading instruction developed by recognized specialists; targets early readers and their parents.
• Collection Crois-le ou non Quebec collection presenting surprising facts, scientific information, historical anecdotes and records targeted at youth readers; original concept by Sophie Allard.
• Collection À la découverte des émotions Children's book collection exploring emotions through stories paired with practical guides for parents and caregivers.
• Collection ÉquinoX Noir and thriller collection curated by Aurélien Masson, featuring political crime novels for adult readers seeking dark and suspenseful fiction.
• Livres numériques (ePub et PDF) Electronic versions of published titles available in ePub and PDF formats for digital reading, sold through the publisher's e-commerce storefront with instant download.
• Livres audio Audio book versions of selected titles distributed through external audio book partners serving the French Canadian market at a fixed price of $24.99.
• Ti-pou, c'est fini! Children's picture book by Sarah Hamel and Amélie Legault that helps children ages 2-8 manage transitions using emotional weather forecasting techniques.
• Parent du ti-pou d'Amérique, Le Parenting guide by psychoeducator Sarah Hamel addressing emotions, brain development, parenting challenges, and practical advice for parents of children aged 2-8.
• La théorie laisse-les donc faire Self-help book by Mel Robbins teaching the 'Let Them' theory for reclaiming time and energy by not caring about others' opinions.
• Le chant des oubliées Historical novel by Kristin Hannah about Frankie McGrath, a young nursing student who joins the Army Nurse Corps during the Vietnam War.
• La malédiction amalfitaine Novel by Sarah Penner spanning 1821 and the present day, featuring sea witches of Positano and underwater archaeology.
• L'invitée surprise Novel by Alison Espach about Phoebe who arrives at a wedding hotel intending to end her life but gets caught up in the celebration.
• La fille du bus 88 Novel by Freya Sampson about a retired actor who rides London buses hoping to find a woman he fell in love with 60 years ago.
• Les ombres d'Adelaide Hills Novel by Kate Morton about journalist Jess Turner-Bridges investigating a 1959 murder mystery connected to her family.
• Atmosphère Novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid about astrophysicist Joan Goodwin selected for NASA's first female scientists and her unexpected romance (432 pages).
• Le cerveau de votre enfant Parenting book by Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne-Bryson explaining child behavior from 0-12 years based on the latest brain science, with positive parenting tools.
• À bas les kilos (édition augmentée et améliorée) Weight management book by nutritionist Hubert Cormier with 300 tips for healthy eating and sustainable weight loss, including 100 new tips in the augmented edition.

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Postes CanadacoreOthersPostes Canada (Canada Post) serves as the primary shipping partner for Saint-Jean Éditeur, handling all physical book shipments to customers across Canada. Orders are shipped once weekly through this postal service.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Libre Expression: Quebec-based French-language trade publisher covering novels, essays, and general-interest nonfiction, also part of the Québecor Media family. Direct competitor to Saint-Jean across the same Quebec French-language general-trade category.
• Éditions du Trécarré: Quebec-based French-language trade publisher with a strong catalog in lifestyle, personal development, and general nonfiction — directly overlapping with Saint-Jean's development-personnel and vie-pratique categories. Now part of Groupe Homme/Québecor, it competes for the same shelf space and author relationships.
• Éditions Hurtubise: Long-standing Montreal-based French-language publisher with a broad catalog of fiction, essays, and children's literature. Operates in the same Quebec French-language trade segment as Saint-Jean, with similar subject breadth but a longer history and broader institutional reach.
• Scholastic Canada: Canadian publisher of children's and youth books in English and French, including the French-language club and school-channel distribution. Comparable to Saint-Jean's La Petite Collection and Crois-le ou non lines, competing for the same Quebec francophone youth-reader segment.

Broad incumbents

• Les Éditions La Presse: Trade book publisher affiliated with La Presse media group, publishing French-language nonfiction, lifestyle, and current-affairs titles in Quebec. Comparable in language and territory; benefits from cross-promotion through La Presse digital and print properties that Saint-Jean cannot match.
• Hachette Livre (Canada / Québec): Global French-language publishing group (Lagardère) with French and English operations in Canada. Competes with Saint-Jean in the same general-trade and self-help categories, but at vastly greater scale in editorial, marketing, and translation rights.
• Gallimard (Éditions Gallimard): France's leading literary publisher and a major rights holder of French-language fiction and nonfiction. Comparable to Saint-Jean in the trade and translated-fiction category, with vastly greater rights-acquisition power and global distribution.
• Flammarion Québec: Quebec arm of French publishing group Flammarion (Madrigall), publishing French-language fiction and nonfiction in Canada. Comparable to Saint-Jean on language, territory, and trade-book mix, with the backing of a major international parent giving it deeper translation rights and capital.
• Les Éditions de l'Homme: Quebec-based trade book publisher under Québecor Media, publishing French-language literature, lifestyle, self-help, and biography. Highly comparable to Saint-Jean in editorial mix but operates with significantly larger marketing, distribution, and cross-media promotion capabilities via the Québecor ecosystem.

Regional players

• Éditions Marcel Didier / Chenelière Éducation: Quebec-based French-language publisher with a long history in education and trade publishing. Comparable in Quebec French-language publishing heritage, though Chenelière pivoted more heavily to education, making it a more distant (regional) peer for Saint-Jean's trade mix.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/saintjeanediteur
• Pinterestpinterest.com/saintjeanediteur
• Xx.com/guysaintjean

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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