The document summarizes the changes made to the BISAC Subject Codes in 2015, including the addition of two new sections - Young Adult Fiction (YAF) and Young Adult Nonfiction (YAN). This was done after several years of discussion and surveys which found support for separate codes for young adult/teen content. Guidelines are provided on classifying works between the new YA sections and existing Juvenile sections. Publishers are advised to implement the new codes by the end of January to avoid data issues.
The document discusses common advertising strategies used to appeal to consumers' emotions and persuade them to purchase products. It explains that advertisements often target people's needs for acceptance, security, variety, attractiveness and self-acceptance. They also exploit common fears around being unattractive, rejected, ridiculed or unsafe. Some strategies discussed include using idealized families and kids to set unrealistic standards, implying consumers won't be cool or fit in without the product, exaggerating a toy's abilities, using vague or misleading words, putting down competitors, eliciting emotions through moods and imagery, employing celebrity endorsements, bandwagon appeals, creating a sense of excitement, and manipulating perceptions of size.
This document outlines 52 different types of marketing strategies and tactics that businesses can use. Some examples mentioned include cause marketing like Toms Shoes giving away free pairs of shoes, relationship marketing like Walgreens seeing increased spending from loyal customers, and viral marketing like WestJet's Christmas video receiving millions of views. The document provides brief descriptions and examples for each type of marketing strategy.
The proposal outlines a news/media website called Media-York that aims to educate readers about politics and current events in an engaging way. The website will feature news articles on topics like BLM, local MPs, and climate change, as well as media articles on technology and esports. The target audience is 13-35 year olds, especially working-class males and middle-class individuals interested in environmental issues. The website will rely on donations and aim to present information factually without offensive or copyrighted content.
The proposal outlines a news/media website called Media-York that aims to educate readers about politics and current events in an exciting way. The website will feature articles on topics like BLM, local MPs, and climate change. It will target 13-35 year olds, especially working-class males and those interested in balanced news. To appeal to this audience, articles will be short and fast-paced. The website will rely on donations and aim to present information without offending readers through careful content screening.
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This document provides guidance on classifying audiences for media products. It discusses several ways that audiences can be classified, including by standard occupation, lifestyle or psychographics, postcode or geodemographics, age, gender, and sexual orientation. For each classification, the document instructs the reader to research the topic, provide examples, and write a report explaining what each classification means. It emphasizes structuring the report in Microsoft Word and including illustrations and detailed examples.
The target audience for the film is 15-25 year olds who enjoy themes around school life, social groups, and depression. A secondary target is 13-18 year olds who can relate to school and teenage experiences. Specifically, the audience enjoys Marvel comics, Japanese manga/anime, and horror films. Pre-production research included studying Japanese comics/anime and gothic horror films focused on teenagers to blend these styles into the film's storyline.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
The document discusses common advertising strategies used to appeal to consumers' emotions and persuade them to purchase products. It explains that advertisements often target people's needs for acceptance, security, variety, attractiveness and self-acceptance. They also exploit common fears around being unattractive, rejected, ridiculed or unsafe. Some strategies discussed include using idealized families and kids to set unrealistic standards, implying consumers won't be cool or fit in without the product, exaggerating a toy's abilities, using vague or misleading words, putting down competitors, eliciting emotions through moods and imagery, employing celebrity endorsements, bandwagon appeals, creating a sense of excitement, and manipulating perceptions of size.
This document outlines 52 different types of marketing strategies and tactics that businesses can use. Some examples mentioned include cause marketing like Toms Shoes giving away free pairs of shoes, relationship marketing like Walgreens seeing increased spending from loyal customers, and viral marketing like WestJet's Christmas video receiving millions of views. The document provides brief descriptions and examples for each type of marketing strategy.
The proposal outlines a news/media website called Media-York that aims to educate readers about politics and current events in an engaging way. The website will feature news articles on topics like BLM, local MPs, and climate change, as well as media articles on technology and esports. The target audience is 13-35 year olds, especially working-class males and middle-class individuals interested in environmental issues. The website will rely on donations and aim to present information factually without offensive or copyrighted content.
The proposal outlines a news/media website called Media-York that aims to educate readers about politics and current events in an exciting way. The website will feature articles on topics like BLM, local MPs, and climate change. It will target 13-35 year olds, especially working-class males and those interested in balanced news. To appeal to this audience, articles will be short and fast-paced. The website will rely on donations and aim to present information without offending readers through careful content screening.
Theory of cognitive development Free Essay Example. Essay - Children’s Cognitive Development and Learning - Children’s .... Essay Piagets Theory Of Childhood Cognitive Development — — Comparing .... Cognitive development essay. Cognitive Development in Early Childhood ....
This document provides guidance on classifying audiences for media products. It discusses several ways that audiences can be classified, including by standard occupation, lifestyle or psychographics, postcode or geodemographics, age, gender, and sexual orientation. For each classification, the document instructs the reader to research the topic, provide examples, and write a report explaining what each classification means. It emphasizes structuring the report in Microsoft Word and including illustrations and detailed examples.
The target audience for the film is 15-25 year olds who enjoy themes around school life, social groups, and depression. A secondary target is 13-18 year olds who can relate to school and teenage experiences. Specifically, the audience enjoys Marvel comics, Japanese manga/anime, and horror films. Pre-production research included studying Japanese comics/anime and gothic horror films focused on teenagers to blend these styles into the film's storyline.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Transcript: #StandardsGoals for 2024: What’s new for BISAC - Tech Forum 2024BookNet Canada
BookNet Canada’s representative in the BISG Subject Code Committee, Lauren Stewart, updates us on the recent additions and changes made to the BISAC list in the 2023 update, which are particularly important to publishers of Indigenous content.
Link to video recording and slides: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/standardsgoals-for-2024-whats-new-for-bisac/
Presented by BookNet Canada on April 25, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
#StandardsGoals for 2024: What’s new for BISAC - Tech Forum 2024BookNet Canada
BookNet Canada’s representative in the BISG Subject Code Committee, Lauren Stewart, updates us on the recent additions and changes made to the BISAC list in the 2023 update, which are particularly important to publishers of Indigenous content.
Link to video recording and transcript: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/standardsgoals-for-2024-whats-new-for-bisac/
Presented by BookNet Canada on April 25, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
New from BookNet Canada for 2024: BNC BiblioShare - Tech Forum 2024BookNet Canada
BookNet Canada Project Manager Tim Middleton recaps the highlights from 2023 for the BNC BiblioShare project, including the addition of two new team members, the exciting APIs the team is working on, usage stats, and more.
Link to presentation recording and transcript: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/new-from-booknet-canada-for-2024-bnc-biblioshare/
Presented by BookNet Canada on April 22, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Transcript: New from BookNet Canada for 2024: BNC BiblioShare - Tech Forum 2024BookNet Canada
BookNet Canada Project Manager Tim Middleton recaps the highlights from 2023 for the BNC BiblioShare project, including the addition of two new team members, the exciting APIs the team is working on, usage stats, and more.
Link to presentation recording and slides: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/new-from-booknet-canada-for-2024-bnc-biblioshare/
Presented by BookNet Canada on April 22, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Transcript: New from BookNet Canada for 2024: BNC CataList - Tech Forum 2024BookNet Canada
Join BookNet Canada Associate Product Manager Vivian Luu for this presentation all about what’s new with BNC CataList over the last year. Learn about quick actions, multi-selection of titles in a catalogue, performance improvements, and more. Watch to the end to see what’s ahead for CataList in 2024.
Link to presentation slides and recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/new-from-booknet-canada-for-2024-bnc-catalist/
Presented by BookNet Canada on April 18, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
New from BookNet Canada for 2024: BNC CataList - Tech Forum 2024BookNet Canada
Join BookNet Canada Associate Product Manager Vivian Luu for this presentation all about what’s new with BNC CataList over the last year. Learn about quick actions, multi-selection of titles in a catalogue, performance improvements, and more. Watch to the end to see what’s ahead for CataList in 2024.
Link to presentation recording and transcript: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/new-from-booknet-canada-for-2024-bnc-catalist/
Presented by BookNet Canada on April 18, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Transcript: New from BookNet Canada for 2024: Loan Stars - Tech Forum 2024BookNet Canada
In this presentation, BookNet Canada’s Kalpna Patel shares what 2023 brought for the Loan Stars program, and what’s in store for 2024.
Link to slides and transcript: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/new-from-booknet-canada-for-2024-loan-stars/
Presented by BookNet Canada on April 15, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
New from BookNet Canada for 2024: Loan Stars - Tech Forum 2024BookNet Canada
In this presentation, BookNet Canada’s Kalpna Patel shares what 2023 brought for the Loan Stars program, and what’s in store for 2024.
Link to recording and transcript: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/new-from-booknet-canada-for-2024-loan-stars/
Presented by BookNet Canada on April 15, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Transcript: New from BookNet Canada for 2024: BNC SalesData and LibraryData -...BookNet Canada
Lily Dwyer updates us on what 2023 brought for SalesData and LibraryData. Learn about subject trends we’ve seen, new features and upgrades, and what’s in store for 2024.
Link to video and slides: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/new-from-booknet-canada-bnc-salesdata-librarydata-2024/
Presented by BookNet Canada on April 8, 2024 with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Transcript: Green paths: Learning from publishers’ sustainability journeys - ...BookNet Canada
Join us as Karina Stevens, Production Director at Nosy Crow Ltd, Norm Nehmetallah, Publisher at Invisible Publishing, and Sandra Shaw, Director for Editorial and Production at the University of Toronto Press, provide insights into their unique sustainability journeys. Delve into their successful strategies, challenges, and lessons learned, to uncover a roadmap for fellow publishers keen on engaging in a collective effort to shape a sustainable future for the publishing industry. Moderating the conversation will be EJ Hurst, Sales Manager at New Society Publishers, a leader in sustainable publishing in Canada.
Link to video and slides: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/green-paths-learning-from-publishers-sustainability-journeys/
Presented by BookNet Canada on March 26, 2024 with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Green paths: Learning from publishers’ sustainability journeys - Tech Forum 2024BookNet Canada
Join us as Karina Stevens, Production Director at Nosy Crow Ltd, Norm Nehmetallah, Publisher at Invisible Publishing, and Sandra Shaw, Director for Editorial and Production at the University of Toronto Press, provide insights into their unique sustainability journeys. Delve into their successful strategies, challenges, and lessons learned, to uncover a roadmap for fellow publishers keen on engaging in a collective effort to shape a sustainable future for the publishing industry. Moderating the conversation will be EJ Hurst, Sales Manager at New Society Publishers, a leader in sustainable publishing in Canada.
Link to video and transcript: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/green-paths-learning-from-publishers-sustainability-journeys/
Presented by BookNet Canada on March 26, 2024 with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Transcript: Book industry state of the nation 2024 - Tech Forum 2024BookNet Canada
An in-depth presentation of the most recent data on Canadian book buyers, readers, and consumers.
Link to video and slides: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/book-industry-state-of-the-nation-2024/
Presented by BookNet Canada on April 2, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Book industry state of the nation 2024 - Tech Forum 2024BookNet Canada
An in-depth presentation of the most recent data on Canadian book buyers, readers, and consumers.
Link to video and transcript: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/book-industry-state-of-the-nation-2024/
Presented by BookNet Canada on April 2, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Trending now: Book subjects on the move in the Canadian market - Tech Forum 2024BookNet Canada
This webinar will use the most up-to-date data to reveal the emerging trends in the types of books Canadians are buying. Are Canadians still into Comics & Graphic Novels? What about Travel and Romance? BookNet Canada SalesData & LIbraryData team, Lily Dwyer and Kalpna Patel, dig deep into the data to show you the book subjects on the move.
Link to video and transcript: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/trending-now-book-subjects-on-the-move-in-the-canadian-market/
Presented by BookNet Canada on February 27, 2024 with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Transcript: Trending now: Book subjects on the move in the Canadian market - ...BookNet Canada
This webinar will use the most up-to-date data to reveal the emerging trends in the types of books Canadians are buying. Are Canadians still into Comics & Graphic Novels? What about Travel and Romance? BookNet Canada SalesData & LIbraryData team, Lily Dwyer and Kalpna Patel, dig deep into the data to show you the book subjects on the move.
Link to presentation slides and video: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/trending-now-book-subjects-on-the-move-in-the-canadian-market/
Presented by BookNet Canada on February 27, 2024 with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Transcript: New stores, new views: Booksellers adapting engaging and thriving...BookNet Canada
Chris (Little Ghosts Books), Nena Rawdah (Cross & Crows Books), Chandler Jolliffe (Cedar Canoe Books), and Penny Warris (Analog Books Inc.) get together for a panel where they share insights into their bookselling journeys, collaborative strategies with various partners, and their approach to online vs. in-person bookselling. Learn how they enhance customer engagement, tackle challenges, and prepare for the future.
Link to recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/new-stores-new-views-booksellers-adapting-engaging-and-thriving/
Presented by BookNet Canada on January 26, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Show and tell: What’s in your tech stack? - Tech Forum 2023BookNet Canada
Margaret Bryant (Orca Book Publishers), Jason Farrell (University of Toronto Press), Andrew Faulkner (Assembly Press), Brendan Flattery (HarperCollins), Tamara Mair-Wren (Ampersand Inc.), and Lauren Stewart (BookNet Canada) come together to share the hi- and lo-tech tools that drive efficiency in their daily work. Gain access to a wealth of time-tested tips and tricks honed through years of practice and, in the process, improve your professional toolkit.
Link to recording and transcript: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/show-and-tell-whats-in-your-tech-stack/
Presented by BookNet Canada on December 5, 2023, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Transcript: Show and tell: What’s in your tech stack? - Tech Forum 2023BookNet Canada
Margaret Bryant (Orca Book Publishers), Jason Farrell (University of Toronto Press), Andrew Faulkner (Assembly Press), Brendan Flattery (HarperCollins), Tamara Mair-Wren (Ampersand Inc.), and Lauren Stewart (BookNet Canada) come together to share the hi- and lo-tech tools that drive efficiency in their daily work. Gain access to a wealth of time-tested tips and tricks honed through years of practice and, in the process, improve your professional toolkit.
Link to recording and slides: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/show-and-tell-whats-in-your-tech-stack/
Presented by BookNet Canada on December 5, 2023, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Transcript: Redefining the book supply chain: A glimpse into the future - Tec...BookNet Canada
The document provides a summary of a presentation on redefining the book supply chain. It discusses:
1) The current book supply chain works well for physical products but struggles with new business models and formats. Legacy systems hinder interoperability and adapting to changes.
2) Key areas for improvement include better rights management, metadata sharing, data exchange, and understanding consumer demands. This would help drive growth, efficiency, and ability to adapt.
3) The presentation outlines a vision for an improved supply chain with rights management tools, metadata repositories, payments clearinghouses, returns/data exchange solutions, and integrated forecasting using print and production data. This aims to address transparency, product visibility, cost efficiency,
Redefining the book supply chain: A glimpse into the future - Tech Forum 2023BookNet Canada
Supply chains are built and updated by design, with goals set by the stakeholders on the ground. Those goals reflect the era and the tools available when the supply chains were created. As needs and capabilities evolve, old designs can start to limit functionality and limit new idea generation. Join Book Industry Study Group Executive Director Brian O’Leary as he suggests visionary ideas about the book industry as it could be.
In this talk, O’Leary reflects on the goal of promoting growth in the industry, offering ideas to accelerate revenue streams for business development, identify efficiencies, and improve insights. Referencing trends and insights evident today, O’Leary shares his vision of an emerging book industry supply chain and offers advice for professionals working today to future-proof their skills. This webinar will include a longer Q&A session, please bring your questions for Brian O’Leary.
Link to recording and transcript: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/redefining-the-book-supply-chain-a-glimpse-into-the-future/
Presented by BookNet Canada on November 30, 2023 with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Transcript: #StandardsGoals for 2024: What’s new for BISAC - Tech Forum 2024BookNet Canada
BookNet Canada’s representative in the BISG Subject Code Committee, Lauren Stewart, updates us on the recent additions and changes made to the BISAC list in the 2023 update, which are particularly important to publishers of Indigenous content.
Link to video recording and slides: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/standardsgoals-for-2024-whats-new-for-bisac/
Presented by BookNet Canada on April 25, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
#StandardsGoals for 2024: What’s new for BISAC - Tech Forum 2024BookNet Canada
BookNet Canada’s representative in the BISG Subject Code Committee, Lauren Stewart, updates us on the recent additions and changes made to the BISAC list in the 2023 update, which are particularly important to publishers of Indigenous content.
Link to video recording and transcript: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/standardsgoals-for-2024-whats-new-for-bisac/
Presented by BookNet Canada on April 25, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
New from BookNet Canada for 2024: BNC BiblioShare - Tech Forum 2024BookNet Canada
BookNet Canada Project Manager Tim Middleton recaps the highlights from 2023 for the BNC BiblioShare project, including the addition of two new team members, the exciting APIs the team is working on, usage stats, and more.
Link to presentation recording and transcript: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/new-from-booknet-canada-for-2024-bnc-biblioshare/
Presented by BookNet Canada on April 22, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Transcript: New from BookNet Canada for 2024: BNC BiblioShare - Tech Forum 2024BookNet Canada
BookNet Canada Project Manager Tim Middleton recaps the highlights from 2023 for the BNC BiblioShare project, including the addition of two new team members, the exciting APIs the team is working on, usage stats, and more.
Link to presentation recording and slides: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/new-from-booknet-canada-for-2024-bnc-biblioshare/
Presented by BookNet Canada on April 22, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Transcript: New from BookNet Canada for 2024: BNC CataList - Tech Forum 2024BookNet Canada
Join BookNet Canada Associate Product Manager Vivian Luu for this presentation all about what’s new with BNC CataList over the last year. Learn about quick actions, multi-selection of titles in a catalogue, performance improvements, and more. Watch to the end to see what’s ahead for CataList in 2024.
Link to presentation slides and recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/new-from-booknet-canada-for-2024-bnc-catalist/
Presented by BookNet Canada on April 18, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
New from BookNet Canada for 2024: BNC CataList - Tech Forum 2024BookNet Canada
Join BookNet Canada Associate Product Manager Vivian Luu for this presentation all about what’s new with BNC CataList over the last year. Learn about quick actions, multi-selection of titles in a catalogue, performance improvements, and more. Watch to the end to see what’s ahead for CataList in 2024.
Link to presentation recording and transcript: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/new-from-booknet-canada-for-2024-bnc-catalist/
Presented by BookNet Canada on April 18, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Transcript: New from BookNet Canada for 2024: Loan Stars - Tech Forum 2024BookNet Canada
In this presentation, BookNet Canada’s Kalpna Patel shares what 2023 brought for the Loan Stars program, and what’s in store for 2024.
Link to slides and transcript: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/new-from-booknet-canada-for-2024-loan-stars/
Presented by BookNet Canada on April 15, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
New from BookNet Canada for 2024: Loan Stars - Tech Forum 2024BookNet Canada
In this presentation, BookNet Canada’s Kalpna Patel shares what 2023 brought for the Loan Stars program, and what’s in store for 2024.
Link to recording and transcript: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/new-from-booknet-canada-for-2024-loan-stars/
Presented by BookNet Canada on April 15, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Transcript: New from BookNet Canada for 2024: BNC SalesData and LibraryData -...BookNet Canada
Lily Dwyer updates us on what 2023 brought for SalesData and LibraryData. Learn about subject trends we’ve seen, new features and upgrades, and what’s in store for 2024.
Link to video and slides: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/new-from-booknet-canada-bnc-salesdata-librarydata-2024/
Presented by BookNet Canada on April 8, 2024 with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Transcript: Green paths: Learning from publishers’ sustainability journeys - ...BookNet Canada
Join us as Karina Stevens, Production Director at Nosy Crow Ltd, Norm Nehmetallah, Publisher at Invisible Publishing, and Sandra Shaw, Director for Editorial and Production at the University of Toronto Press, provide insights into their unique sustainability journeys. Delve into their successful strategies, challenges, and lessons learned, to uncover a roadmap for fellow publishers keen on engaging in a collective effort to shape a sustainable future for the publishing industry. Moderating the conversation will be EJ Hurst, Sales Manager at New Society Publishers, a leader in sustainable publishing in Canada.
Link to video and slides: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/green-paths-learning-from-publishers-sustainability-journeys/
Presented by BookNet Canada on March 26, 2024 with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Green paths: Learning from publishers’ sustainability journeys - Tech Forum 2024BookNet Canada
Join us as Karina Stevens, Production Director at Nosy Crow Ltd, Norm Nehmetallah, Publisher at Invisible Publishing, and Sandra Shaw, Director for Editorial and Production at the University of Toronto Press, provide insights into their unique sustainability journeys. Delve into their successful strategies, challenges, and lessons learned, to uncover a roadmap for fellow publishers keen on engaging in a collective effort to shape a sustainable future for the publishing industry. Moderating the conversation will be EJ Hurst, Sales Manager at New Society Publishers, a leader in sustainable publishing in Canada.
Link to video and transcript: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/green-paths-learning-from-publishers-sustainability-journeys/
Presented by BookNet Canada on March 26, 2024 with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Transcript: Book industry state of the nation 2024 - Tech Forum 2024BookNet Canada
An in-depth presentation of the most recent data on Canadian book buyers, readers, and consumers.
Link to video and slides: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/book-industry-state-of-the-nation-2024/
Presented by BookNet Canada on April 2, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Book industry state of the nation 2024 - Tech Forum 2024BookNet Canada
An in-depth presentation of the most recent data on Canadian book buyers, readers, and consumers.
Link to video and transcript: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/book-industry-state-of-the-nation-2024/
Presented by BookNet Canada on April 2, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Trending now: Book subjects on the move in the Canadian market - Tech Forum 2024BookNet Canada
This webinar will use the most up-to-date data to reveal the emerging trends in the types of books Canadians are buying. Are Canadians still into Comics & Graphic Novels? What about Travel and Romance? BookNet Canada SalesData & LIbraryData team, Lily Dwyer and Kalpna Patel, dig deep into the data to show you the book subjects on the move.
Link to video and transcript: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/trending-now-book-subjects-on-the-move-in-the-canadian-market/
Presented by BookNet Canada on February 27, 2024 with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Transcript: Trending now: Book subjects on the move in the Canadian market - ...BookNet Canada
This webinar will use the most up-to-date data to reveal the emerging trends in the types of books Canadians are buying. Are Canadians still into Comics & Graphic Novels? What about Travel and Romance? BookNet Canada SalesData & LIbraryData team, Lily Dwyer and Kalpna Patel, dig deep into the data to show you the book subjects on the move.
Link to presentation slides and video: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/trending-now-book-subjects-on-the-move-in-the-canadian-market/
Presented by BookNet Canada on February 27, 2024 with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Transcript: New stores, new views: Booksellers adapting engaging and thriving...BookNet Canada
Chris (Little Ghosts Books), Nena Rawdah (Cross & Crows Books), Chandler Jolliffe (Cedar Canoe Books), and Penny Warris (Analog Books Inc.) get together for a panel where they share insights into their bookselling journeys, collaborative strategies with various partners, and their approach to online vs. in-person bookselling. Learn how they enhance customer engagement, tackle challenges, and prepare for the future.
Link to recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/new-stores-new-views-booksellers-adapting-engaging-and-thriving/
Presented by BookNet Canada on January 26, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Show and tell: What’s in your tech stack? - Tech Forum 2023BookNet Canada
Margaret Bryant (Orca Book Publishers), Jason Farrell (University of Toronto Press), Andrew Faulkner (Assembly Press), Brendan Flattery (HarperCollins), Tamara Mair-Wren (Ampersand Inc.), and Lauren Stewart (BookNet Canada) come together to share the hi- and lo-tech tools that drive efficiency in their daily work. Gain access to a wealth of time-tested tips and tricks honed through years of practice and, in the process, improve your professional toolkit.
Link to recording and transcript: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/show-and-tell-whats-in-your-tech-stack/
Presented by BookNet Canada on December 5, 2023, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Transcript: Show and tell: What’s in your tech stack? - Tech Forum 2023BookNet Canada
Margaret Bryant (Orca Book Publishers), Jason Farrell (University of Toronto Press), Andrew Faulkner (Assembly Press), Brendan Flattery (HarperCollins), Tamara Mair-Wren (Ampersand Inc.), and Lauren Stewart (BookNet Canada) come together to share the hi- and lo-tech tools that drive efficiency in their daily work. Gain access to a wealth of time-tested tips and tricks honed through years of practice and, in the process, improve your professional toolkit.
Link to recording and slides: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/show-and-tell-whats-in-your-tech-stack/
Presented by BookNet Canada on December 5, 2023, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Transcript: Redefining the book supply chain: A glimpse into the future - Tec...BookNet Canada
The document provides a summary of a presentation on redefining the book supply chain. It discusses:
1) The current book supply chain works well for physical products but struggles with new business models and formats. Legacy systems hinder interoperability and adapting to changes.
2) Key areas for improvement include better rights management, metadata sharing, data exchange, and understanding consumer demands. This would help drive growth, efficiency, and ability to adapt.
3) The presentation outlines a vision for an improved supply chain with rights management tools, metadata repositories, payments clearinghouses, returns/data exchange solutions, and integrated forecasting using print and production data. This aims to address transparency, product visibility, cost efficiency,
Redefining the book supply chain: A glimpse into the future - Tech Forum 2023BookNet Canada
Supply chains are built and updated by design, with goals set by the stakeholders on the ground. Those goals reflect the era and the tools available when the supply chains were created. As needs and capabilities evolve, old designs can start to limit functionality and limit new idea generation. Join Book Industry Study Group Executive Director Brian O’Leary as he suggests visionary ideas about the book industry as it could be.
In this talk, O’Leary reflects on the goal of promoting growth in the industry, offering ideas to accelerate revenue streams for business development, identify efficiencies, and improve insights. Referencing trends and insights evident today, O’Leary shares his vision of an emerging book industry supply chain and offers advice for professionals working today to future-proof their skills. This webinar will include a longer Q&A session, please bring your questions for Brian O’Leary.
Link to recording and transcript: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/redefining-the-book-supply-chain-a-glimpse-into-the-future/
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2. The Subject Committee has a long history of considering
changes to the JUV/JNF sections based on comments from
users.
September 2003: “There is definitely a need for a new
section for Young Adults. The section could most likely
include both Fiction and Non Fiction terms, depending on
the quantity of terms that will be needed for non-fiction.”
Then in October 2003 (after research): “This month’s
attendees reversed the consensus reached in the prior
month, concluding that a separate Teen or Youth section
was not in the best interests of the overall Code List.”
Topic taken up again in 2011.
Dedicated meeting open to all BISG membership held June 2011
Outcome: “The overall feeling seemed to be that a significant and
visible ROI would be needed to make such a large change.”
3. Issue raised again in 2014.
BISG office:
Sent survey to entire membership
Conducted focused interviews with stakeholders.
4. Would you find it valuable if BISAC included
specific codes for young adult/ teen
content?
5. 3M
Amazon.com
Baker & Taylor
Barnes & Noble
Bowker
Capstone
Hachette
Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt
Nielsen
Penguin Random
House
Simon & Schuster
6. Young adult/teen content would
benefit from its own subject
classification:
Potential sales opportunity
It has become its own subject
Awards (esp. ALA awards) tracking
Helps with unreliable or not provided
audience codes and age/grade ranges
7. Committee met several times in February 2015 to discuss
scenarios for creating YA sections.
The committee agreed on presenting the following four scenarios:
Add two new sections for YA Fiction and Nonfiction; leave JUV/JNF as is.
Change literal of JUV/JNF and make sections more robust for YA.
Inactivate all JUV/JNF; add sections for Picture Books, Middle Grade, and Young
Adult.
Do nothing – leave JUV/JNF sections as they are.
Two town hall meetings were held in March 2015.
During these meetings, perceived problem was addressed as well as
how each scenario would solve that problem.
Committee recommendation was the addition of the new
sections.
8. Changes may allow for more granular sales
analysis of juvenile titles.
Provides a standard for age range distinction
between “Children” and “Young Adult”.
Publishers must ensure that the BISAC they provide
corresponds to age range.
In some cases, the changes will force adoption
of newest version of BISAC.
9. Potential for massive recoding and migration
issues for both publishers and data aggregators.
Requires publisher compliance between BISAC
provided and ONIX age range and audience
provided in age range composite.
Titles spanning the age “cut-off” between
Children and Young Adult (e.g., the Harry Potter
series or Robert Sabuda titles) may lead to
confusion.
10. What if the change is met with resistance and
failure to adopt?
Parties using different versions will be providing data with a
different meaning than intended.
Migration must be done at once – you cannot send part of
your list in one edition and part in another edition.
Failure to implement the changes in a timely and accurate
manner could actually result in lost sales.
Failure to migrate properly will result in data corruption.
11. For the 2015 edition, the Subject Codes
Committee created two new sections, YOUNG
ADULT FICTION (YAF) and YOUNG ADULT
NONFICTION (YAN).
Survey was distributed by BISG to determine most
preferred name for section (Young Adult vs. Teen).
Based on the legacy JUVENILE FICTION and JUVENILE
NONFICTION sections, but adapted for the young adult
audience.
JUV/JNF Subjects not relevant to YA audience were
removed and relevant subjects from the (adult) FICTION
section were added to YOUNG ADULT FICTION.
12. Committee closed 2015 Edition in
September.
21st edition of the BISAC subjects.
2015 edition includes:
512 additions (446 YAF/YAN);
75 literal changes;
18 inactivations
Approved November 2015; released December
2015.
13. Grade range: 10-12
Ages range: 15+
Now:
JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic
JUVENILE FICTION / Love & Romance
Will change to:
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Fantasy /
Wizards & Witches
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance /
Paranormal
14. The Subject Committee will provide users with
recommendations for moving from inactivated to
valid codes.
May not be a one-to-one move (from one code to another);
may instead provide users with a number of options
depending on the title’s subject matter and audience.
The Subject Committee has developed a mapping
table to assist publishers with transition to the new
edition.
Mapping table is one-to-one mapping from JUV/JNF to
YAF/YAN.
In some cases, a more specific YA code will have to
be assigned manually.
15. Grade range: 7-9
Ages range: 12-14
Now:
JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic
JUVENILE FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories
Will map to:
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Fantasy / General
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Mysteries & Detective
Stories
Better subject (than Fantasy /
General):
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Magical Realism
(no direct map from a JUV heading)
16. Grade range: 7-9
Ages range: 12-14
Now:
JUVENILE FICTION / LGBT
JUVENILE FICTION / Love & Romance
Will map to:
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / LGBT
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / General
Best subject:
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / LGBT
(no direct map from a JUV heading)
17. The Committee suggests the following
age/grade demarcations for each section:
Heading Age Range Grade Range
JUVENILE FICTION (JUV) 0-11 Preschool-6
JUVENILE NONFICTION (JNF) 0-11 Preschool-6
YOUNG ADULT FICTION (YAF) 12-18 7-12
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION (YAN) 12-18 7-12
18. For content that spans age or grade ranges, the user must
decide for which audience the material is better suited –
children or young adults.
Often heard comments that users wanted to mix the new
young adult headings with “adult” headings for those titles
that have appeal to readers over the age of 18. (For
example, users expressed the desire to use both YAF and
FIC headings on titles.)
The Committee does not endorse this as a best practice.
Because the Committee’s stance is that the young adult
headings should not be used with headings outside of
their own section, we cannot guarantee that data
recipients will not modify BISAC subjects in violation of
that best practice.
19. Committee recommendation for 2015 Edition
implementation target date:
Publishers have expressed concern that their data recipients will
reject the YAF and YAN codes if their systems are not ready and
erroneously add JUV and JNF codes to YA titles.
Data senders could also continue sending JUV and JNF headings
on YA titles if they do not adopt the new codes in a timely
manner, thus causing issues for recipients.
Recommended implementation date – end of January.
Education (e.g., webinars) planned through by
BISG.
How will age range distinction between Children and Young Adult be set? Who will set it? Should be an industry standard.
Will publishers ensure that the BISAC they provide matches age range and audience provided in age range composite? What if they are out of sync? Who is then responsible for changing the data (and how is it to be determined which piece is incorrect)?
Will publishers ensure that the BISAC they provide matches age range and audience provided in age range composite? What if they are out of sync? Who is then responsible for changing the data (and how is it to be determined which piece is incorrect)?
What if a title spans the “cut-off” between Children and Young Adult (e.g., the Harry Potter series or Robert Sabuda titles)?
Any changes discussed may result in massive recoding and migration issues for both publishers and data aggregators. What if the change is met with resistance and failure to adopt?
If literals change meaning, parties using different versions will be providing data with a different meaning than intended.
The change may enable publishers to do more accurate sales analysis, but only if the industry’s migration is solid.
There is risk involved in that failure to migrate properly will corrupt data.
Migration must be done at once – you cannot send part of your list in one edition and part in another edition.
The migration from one edition to the next may be more important than the change depending on the scenario selected.
Though this change may increase sales for publishers, failure to implement the changes in a timely and accurate manner could actually result in lost sales.