BiblioShare provides metadata and content for over 1.8 million titles, including 316,770 ebooks and 27,066 Canadian authored ebooks. It serves 889,225 users through 238 publisher accounts and 60 distributor accounts, handling over 8 million web requests annually. BiblioShare offers ONIX and MARC metadata standards and crosswalks between them, and supports the major Canadian provinces and territories. It integrates with ecommerce platforms like Shopify to populate product pages with title details, pricing, and related content for online book sales.
Papercasting User Experience in Interactive Ebooks - ebookcraft 2016 - John R...BookNet Canada
"Papercasting User Experience in Interactive Ebooks" by John Rodzvilla (Emerson College) for ebookcraft 2016, presented by BookNet Canada and eBOUND Canada - March 31, 2016
New at BookNet Canada: SalesData 3.0 - Tech Forum 2015 - Neha ThankiBookNet Canada
This document summarizes the development of BNC SalesData from versions 1.0 to 3.0, and outlines goals and timeline for version 3.0. It discusses expanding data sources and integration, improving performance, usability, and visualization. The goals for version 3.0 are for it to be low maintenance, fast, scalable, and have automated processing and a new look and feel with reports generated in seconds on all devices.
BNC Webinar: Young Adult BISACs - Connie HarbisonBookNet Canada
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.
Practical information for images in ebooks - ebookcraft 2015 - Joshua TallentBookNet Canada
This document provides information on formatting images for ebooks, including:
- Common image file formats like JPEG, GIF, PNG, and TIFF
- Color modes such as CMYK, RGB, and grayscale
- Sizing images appropriately in terms of resolution and file size
- Accessibility features for images like alternative text and long descriptions
- Guidelines from major ebook retailers on images, including allowed file types and maximum sizes
BNC Direct-to-consumer Webinar - November 2015 - Brian O'LearyBookNet Canada
Brian O'Leary, principal of Magellan Media Consulting, presents eight methods book publishers can use to leverage content marketing for successful ROI, along with the tools to implement a successful content marketing strategy at your publishing house. In this free one-hour webinar, he describes the models most beneficial to publishers, ways to attract and retain an audience, and how to monetize the process.
Papercasting User Experience in Interactive Ebooks - ebookcraft 2016 - John R...BookNet Canada
"Papercasting User Experience in Interactive Ebooks" by John Rodzvilla (Emerson College) for ebookcraft 2016, presented by BookNet Canada and eBOUND Canada - March 31, 2016
New at BookNet Canada: SalesData 3.0 - Tech Forum 2015 - Neha ThankiBookNet Canada
This document summarizes the development of BNC SalesData from versions 1.0 to 3.0, and outlines goals and timeline for version 3.0. It discusses expanding data sources and integration, improving performance, usability, and visualization. The goals for version 3.0 are for it to be low maintenance, fast, scalable, and have automated processing and a new look and feel with reports generated in seconds on all devices.
BNC Webinar: Young Adult BISACs - Connie HarbisonBookNet Canada
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.
Practical information for images in ebooks - ebookcraft 2015 - Joshua TallentBookNet Canada
This document provides information on formatting images for ebooks, including:
- Common image file formats like JPEG, GIF, PNG, and TIFF
- Color modes such as CMYK, RGB, and grayscale
- Sizing images appropriately in terms of resolution and file size
- Accessibility features for images like alternative text and long descriptions
- Guidelines from major ebook retailers on images, including allowed file types and maximum sizes
BNC Direct-to-consumer Webinar - November 2015 - Brian O'LearyBookNet Canada
Brian O'Leary, principal of Magellan Media Consulting, presents eight methods book publishers can use to leverage content marketing for successful ROI, along with the tools to implement a successful content marketing strategy at your publishing house. In this free one-hour webinar, he describes the models most beneficial to publishers, ways to attract and retain an audience, and how to monetize the process.
New from BookNet Canada: New Tools for Publisher-Library Partnerships - Tech ...BookNet Canada
"New from BookNet Canada: New Tools for Publisher-Library Partnerships" by Pamela Millar (BookNet Canada) for Tech Forum 2016, presented by BookNet Canada - April 1, 2016
When Nothing Ever Goes Out of Print: Maintaining Backlist Ebooks - ebookcraft...BookNet Canada
"When Nothing Ever Goes Out of Print: Maintaining Backlist Ebooks" by Teresa Elsey (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) for ebookcraft 2016, presented by BookNet Canada and eBOUND Canada - March 31, 2016
BookNet Canada Research Update: Leisure Time Study - Tech Forum 2016 - Tim Mi...BookNet Canada
"BookNet Canada Research Update: Leisure Time Study" by Tim Middleton (BookNet Canada) for Tech Forum 2016, presented by BookNet Canada - April 1, 2016
This webinar will share the design of the BISG’s new Educational Taxonomy along with ideas on how Canadian publishers can use the terms to aid discovery of appropriate educational materials and resources online. It will also show the importance of related metadata elements for educational titles.
BISG’s new Educational Taxonomy lists the key terms that describe current and emerging educational standards, concepts, learning objectives, and methodologies used in the classroom, such as Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and more. It was developed by the BISG Educational Standards Taxonomy Working Group and incorporates feedback from potential users and from educators and librarians on their search habits. It is available for free download here.
About the host:
Patricia Payton, Senior Manager of Publisher Relations and Content Development for Bowker, a ProQuest Affiliate, is responsible communicating book and journal metadata requirements and best practices to publishers of all sizes. Patricia has experience in retail bookstores as well as international markets. She also holds a Master’s degree in Library Information Science specializing in Digital Libraries as well as an MBA. She actively contributes to BISG, AAP, and other industry committees. You can find her on twitter @Metadata24X7.
Everything You Wanted to Ask a Retailer About Pricing But Your Legal Departme...BookNet Canada
This document summarizes a presentation by Ryan James O'Sullivan of Rakuten Kobo about eBook pricing strategies for publishers. Some key points include:
- Optimal pricing is the price point on the demand curve where units sold times price is highest to maximize long-term revenue.
- Customer segmentation is important, as different customer types have different preferences based on genre, price, promotions, and other factors.
- Experimentation with variable pricing over time, such as price drops and promotions, can help slow the natural decline of book sales and increase revenue and readership.
- Non-traditional factors like visibility, conversions, and sales data from different retailers provide more insights than list price alone
Metadata and Discoverability -- Publisher PerspectiveCatherine Giffi
This document discusses the importance of discoverability for publishers and outlines steps publishers are taking to improve discovery of their content. It notes that when researchers cannot find content, usage is low, which can lead to libraries canceling subscriptions and publishers making less money. It provides examples of initiatives by Springer and Elsevier to improve metadata and their cooperation with discovery services, link resolvers, and libraries. The document acknowledges that dirty and missing metadata have been issues and outlines actions taken by Wiley to address these, including checking for MARC records and DOIs. It also notes that larger issues remain around the timing of MARC record creation and advance notification of new titles. The document solicits feedback from libraries on priorities for technical services specialists to improve discovery
Building a marketing and lead generation databaseDavid Barnes
This document discusses building marketing and lead generation databases. It notes that the quality of data input affects long-term results. Charts show that a purchased list has higher unsubscribe, open, and bounce rates over time compared to a built or mature database. The document emphasizes replenishing databases and outlines learning objectives around replenishment strategies, purchased versus built lists, and delivering exceptional results.
ER&L 2019 - Forming a More Perfect Knowledgebase: A Tale of Publisher, Vendor...Matthew Ragucci
This session examines how publishers and vendors collaborate to make a more seamless knowledgebase experience for librarians. Representatives from Wiley and OCLC will discuss KBART file creation, representation, and more. A representative from OhioLINK will explain how the state of the knowledgebase affects workflows at the consortium and library levels.
Increasing Your Value to Your Organization | Bluegrass IIBA Chapter | Aaron Whittenberger, CBAP | Presentation to State Government Business Analysis professionals
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.
Laura Leichum: "Lessons from Inside the Digital Silo," for the "E-book Nuts a...Krista Coulson
"Lessons from Inside the Digital Silo"
Laura Leichum's (Intellectual Property Manager, Georgetown University Press) presentation for the 2012 AAUP panel "E-book Nuts and Bolts"
Publishing Partnerships: Why, When, and How Collaboration Sometimes Trumps Co...cuyeki
This document discusses publishing partnerships between Choice and Bowker regarding the Resources for College Libraries (RCL) service. It provides background on the RCL genealogy and need for a new version. Choice and Bowker formed a partnership with Bowker providing technological resources and marketing capabilities, while Choice maintained editorial independence. The results were a shorter development time, greater resources, and sustainable ongoing development of RCL to meet the changing needs of academic libraries.
In this webinar, we'll show you how the data submitted by publishers to BiblioShare can be used by retailers to support online book sales. From Web Services like our WordPress plugin to sites like BNC CataList and 49th Shelf, publishers will discover how to better support discoverability and online bookselling through metadata, and retailers big and small will learn how BiblioShare's integrations with widely used modern retail tools take away some of the pain of promoting and selling books online.
Understanding Metadata for Authors - Writer's Digest 2014Kristen McLean
This deck was presented August 2nd, 2014 at Writer's Digest in NYC. It covers the definition of metatdata, the current metadata environment in the US book business, statistics on why good metadata will help you sell more books, what YOU can do about your own metadata, and links for exploring more.
#standardsgoals for 2020: Standards & certification roundup - Tom Richardson ...BookNet Canada
Bibliographic standards are always changing to keep up with the ever-evolving realities of the book industry and it’s in the best interest of your business to keep up, too. In this session, Bibliographic Manager Tom Richardson will answer your pressing questions and show you what’s new, what’s important, and what’s coming up in standards.
techforum.booknetcanada.ca
#TechForum
New from BookNet Canada: New Tools for Publisher-Library Partnerships - Tech ...BookNet Canada
"New from BookNet Canada: New Tools for Publisher-Library Partnerships" by Pamela Millar (BookNet Canada) for Tech Forum 2016, presented by BookNet Canada - April 1, 2016
When Nothing Ever Goes Out of Print: Maintaining Backlist Ebooks - ebookcraft...BookNet Canada
"When Nothing Ever Goes Out of Print: Maintaining Backlist Ebooks" by Teresa Elsey (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) for ebookcraft 2016, presented by BookNet Canada and eBOUND Canada - March 31, 2016
BookNet Canada Research Update: Leisure Time Study - Tech Forum 2016 - Tim Mi...BookNet Canada
"BookNet Canada Research Update: Leisure Time Study" by Tim Middleton (BookNet Canada) for Tech Forum 2016, presented by BookNet Canada - April 1, 2016
This webinar will share the design of the BISG’s new Educational Taxonomy along with ideas on how Canadian publishers can use the terms to aid discovery of appropriate educational materials and resources online. It will also show the importance of related metadata elements for educational titles.
BISG’s new Educational Taxonomy lists the key terms that describe current and emerging educational standards, concepts, learning objectives, and methodologies used in the classroom, such as Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and more. It was developed by the BISG Educational Standards Taxonomy Working Group and incorporates feedback from potential users and from educators and librarians on their search habits. It is available for free download here.
About the host:
Patricia Payton, Senior Manager of Publisher Relations and Content Development for Bowker, a ProQuest Affiliate, is responsible communicating book and journal metadata requirements and best practices to publishers of all sizes. Patricia has experience in retail bookstores as well as international markets. She also holds a Master’s degree in Library Information Science specializing in Digital Libraries as well as an MBA. She actively contributes to BISG, AAP, and other industry committees. You can find her on twitter @Metadata24X7.
Everything You Wanted to Ask a Retailer About Pricing But Your Legal Departme...BookNet Canada
This document summarizes a presentation by Ryan James O'Sullivan of Rakuten Kobo about eBook pricing strategies for publishers. Some key points include:
- Optimal pricing is the price point on the demand curve where units sold times price is highest to maximize long-term revenue.
- Customer segmentation is important, as different customer types have different preferences based on genre, price, promotions, and other factors.
- Experimentation with variable pricing over time, such as price drops and promotions, can help slow the natural decline of book sales and increase revenue and readership.
- Non-traditional factors like visibility, conversions, and sales data from different retailers provide more insights than list price alone
Metadata and Discoverability -- Publisher PerspectiveCatherine Giffi
This document discusses the importance of discoverability for publishers and outlines steps publishers are taking to improve discovery of their content. It notes that when researchers cannot find content, usage is low, which can lead to libraries canceling subscriptions and publishers making less money. It provides examples of initiatives by Springer and Elsevier to improve metadata and their cooperation with discovery services, link resolvers, and libraries. The document acknowledges that dirty and missing metadata have been issues and outlines actions taken by Wiley to address these, including checking for MARC records and DOIs. It also notes that larger issues remain around the timing of MARC record creation and advance notification of new titles. The document solicits feedback from libraries on priorities for technical services specialists to improve discovery
Building a marketing and lead generation databaseDavid Barnes
This document discusses building marketing and lead generation databases. It notes that the quality of data input affects long-term results. Charts show that a purchased list has higher unsubscribe, open, and bounce rates over time compared to a built or mature database. The document emphasizes replenishing databases and outlines learning objectives around replenishment strategies, purchased versus built lists, and delivering exceptional results.
ER&L 2019 - Forming a More Perfect Knowledgebase: A Tale of Publisher, Vendor...Matthew Ragucci
This session examines how publishers and vendors collaborate to make a more seamless knowledgebase experience for librarians. Representatives from Wiley and OCLC will discuss KBART file creation, representation, and more. A representative from OhioLINK will explain how the state of the knowledgebase affects workflows at the consortium and library levels.
Increasing Your Value to Your Organization | Bluegrass IIBA Chapter | Aaron Whittenberger, CBAP | Presentation to State Government Business Analysis professionals
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.
Laura Leichum: "Lessons from Inside the Digital Silo," for the "E-book Nuts a...Krista Coulson
"Lessons from Inside the Digital Silo"
Laura Leichum's (Intellectual Property Manager, Georgetown University Press) presentation for the 2012 AAUP panel "E-book Nuts and Bolts"
Publishing Partnerships: Why, When, and How Collaboration Sometimes Trumps Co...cuyeki
This document discusses publishing partnerships between Choice and Bowker regarding the Resources for College Libraries (RCL) service. It provides background on the RCL genealogy and need for a new version. Choice and Bowker formed a partnership with Bowker providing technological resources and marketing capabilities, while Choice maintained editorial independence. The results were a shorter development time, greater resources, and sustainable ongoing development of RCL to meet the changing needs of academic libraries.
In this webinar, we'll show you how the data submitted by publishers to BiblioShare can be used by retailers to support online book sales. From Web Services like our WordPress plugin to sites like BNC CataList and 49th Shelf, publishers will discover how to better support discoverability and online bookselling through metadata, and retailers big and small will learn how BiblioShare's integrations with widely used modern retail tools take away some of the pain of promoting and selling books online.
Understanding Metadata for Authors - Writer's Digest 2014Kristen McLean
This deck was presented August 2nd, 2014 at Writer's Digest in NYC. It covers the definition of metatdata, the current metadata environment in the US book business, statistics on why good metadata will help you sell more books, what YOU can do about your own metadata, and links for exploring more.
#standardsgoals for 2020: Standards & certification roundup - Tom Richardson ...BookNet Canada
Bibliographic standards are always changing to keep up with the ever-evolving realities of the book industry and it’s in the best interest of your business to keep up, too. In this session, Bibliographic Manager Tom Richardson will answer your pressing questions and show you what’s new, what’s important, and what’s coming up in standards.
techforum.booknetcanada.ca
#TechForum
This document provides an overview of resources for a marketing course at Seneca College. It outlines various databases and tools available through the Seneca Libraries for conducting market research, analyzing companies and industries, and finding consumer data. These include Nexis Uni for company profiles, IBISWorld for industry reports, and Vividata for Canadian consumer demographic and lifestyle information. The document provides guidance on how to use these resources, including tutorials and examples of creating cross tables in Vividata and exploring industry classifications. It also covers citing sources and academic integrity policies regarding plagiarism.
The document discusses BiblioShare, a platform for distributing bibliographic data. It provides statistics on the usage of BiblioShare's ONIX 2.1 and 3.0 datasets in 2019, such as the number of new and updated records. It also shares the results of a survey conducted with BiblioShare users to understand their needs and pain points. Based on these findings, BiblioShare is working to rebuild their platform to improve efficiency and communication with users through features like receipt confirmations and validation reports.
This document outlines the agenda for an advanced virtual reference training session. The agenda includes: an introduction, discussing when to use Google/Wikipedia vs library databases, a refresher on Ohio library databases, handling tricky questions from problematic patrons, a break, enhancing customer service through transcript evaluation, and a question/follow-up period. The training covers benchmarks and best practices, discusses tools for different research needs, handling difficult patron interactions, and improving customer service through self-evaluation.
The document analyzes opportunities to improve conversion rates on the Nasty Gal website. It identifies three key existing strengths: persuasive design, intelligent merchandising, and targeted upsell. However, it also finds room for improvement in conversion rates on popular pages, low customer engagement with content, and lack of tools on search listings. The document recommends focusing on enhancing content to create a more personalized experience, implementing abandonment prevention techniques to retain customers, and improving search listings through customization. These changes are predicted to significantly increase conversion rates and the total number of customers completing purchases.
The document discusses standards and tools used in book publishing. It provides an overview of BookNet Canada, including its role in maintaining standards for EDI, ONIX, subject classification and product identifiers. Specific standards discussed include ISBN, ISNI, and ISTC. The presenters explain how these standards can help identify digital products, connect works to their creators, and facilitate selling more books.
000429 Web Buyers Are Changing The Catalog Worldguestd72672
This document discusses how web buyers are changing the catalog marketing industry. It notes that over 50% of orders come from the web for some catalogs. There are two types of web buyers - catalog-driven and pure web buyers - who respond differently to catalog mailings. The key to managing web buyers is to segment them by channel and optimize communications based on their purchasing behaviors, such as suppressing mailings to web buyers who are unresponsive or below the breakeven point. Cooperative databases can help segment and optimize web buyers to improve response rates and sales.
ER&L 2022 - Set It and Forget It: Librarian, Publisher, and Vendor Perspectiv...Matthew Ragucci
1) The document discusses a webinar on the benefits of KBART automation from the perspectives of a librarian, publisher, and vendor.
2) KBART automation involves publishers automatically sending updated holdings information to knowledge bases via APIs on a regular basis, reducing the workload for librarians and improving the accuracy of library holdings.
3) While KBART automation has benefits, libraries should ensure collections are set up correctly in the knowledge base and monitor for any errors in the automated holdings updates from publishers. OCLC is working with Wiley to ensure a successful launch of their new KBART automation feeds.
Similar to New at BookNet Canada: BiblioShare - Tech Forum 2015 - Tim Middleton (20)
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.
#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.
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20. 4.0.2.0.0.0.0 LEVEL_3 Canada 4984
4.0.2.0.1.0.0 LEVEL_5 Alberta 310
4.0.2.0.2.0.0 LEVEL_5 British Columbia 292
4.0.2.0.2.1.0 LEVEL_6 Vancouver 150
4.0.2.0.2.2.0 LEVEL_6 Vancouver Island 47
4.0.2.0.3.0.0 LEVEL_5 Manitoba 156
4.0.2.0.4.0.0 LEVEL_5 New Brunswick 272
4.0.2.0.5.0.0 LEVEL_5 Newfoundland &
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4.0.2.0.6.0.0 LEVEL_5 Northwest Territories 29
4.0.2.0.7.0.0 LEVEL_5 NovaScotia 346
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4.0.2.0.8.0.0 LEVEL_5 Nunavut 25
4.0.2.0.9.0.0 LEVEL_5 Ontario 863
4.0.2.0.9.1.0 LEVEL_6 Toronto 767
4.0.2.0.9.2.0 LEVEL_6 Golden Horseshoe 81
4.0.2.0.9.3.0 LEVEL_6 Rural Ontario 241
4.0.2.0.10.0.0 LEVEL_5 Prince Edward Island 95
4.0.2.0.11.0.0 LEVEL_5 Quebec 236
4.0.2.0.11.1.0 LEVEL_6 Montreal 142
4.0.2.0.12.0.0 LEVEL_5 Saskatchewan 200
4.0.2.0.13.0.0 LEVEL_5 Yukon Territory 40
4.0.2.1.0.0.0 LEVEL_4 Prairies 94
BISAC Regional
Themes
21. ONIX and MARC are both standards that facilitate the movement of metadata for books and
help connect published books to audiences. However both standards were developed
separately and have a different focus. As publishers and libraries continue to look for ways to
strengthen their relationship naturally they want to be able to leverage the traditions they
already have.
We have used the comprehensive mapping developed by the OCLC for our ONIX to MARC21
crosswalk
The ONIX-to-MARC Web Services allows a user to pull a record from BiblioShare and have it
delivered in MARC21 format for titles in the Canadian market. This web service is for you if
you're looking for a way to get publisher rich metadata in MARC format.
22.
23. • Now accepting ONIX 3.0 files
(if you can provide both 2.1 and 3.0 great. If not
then just give us the 2.1 for now)
• Soon outputting 3.0 files
• ProductForm specific rules
(that means ebook specific)
• New Certification Rules for North America
Hi My name is Tim Middleton. For the past 8 years I’ve been a project manager and retail liason at BookNet Canada. Today my presentation
#is not
A biblioshare presentation
#because
Over the years you have likely heard about BiblioShare and Best Practices from the likes of Tom Richardson
#extolling
extolling our certification reports that help data providers get a quality picture of their data for the supply chain with the hopes that they will fix things.
#You may have heard
from Carol Gordon about what to get into ONIX so we can
#load to
BiblioShare so then you can create your catalogue in our Digital Catalogue project BNC CataList
#Or maybe you
have heard Neha Thanki speak about our ONIX solution for small businesses
#BiblioShare WebForm
And of course you have
#almost certainly
heard Noah Genner speak about how
#BiblioShare
helps your data become more discoverable in the wild. And quite possibly you have have heard me compare BiblioShare to
#the Apollo 13.
mission. Or not.
Whatever the case this year I do not intend to explain to you
#our certification
Engine that helps us create rules based on Best Practices. I don’t intend to speak to you about the
#1,844,000
Records in BiblioShare
#over 300,000 of which
Are records for ebooks
#And of that
27 thousand are Canadian authored
#I won’t mention that
We have nearly 1 million images in BiblioShare
#provided by
238 publisher accounts
#60
Distributor accounts
#and that we have
Served up over 8,347,060 requests through our web services
#and God forbid that I should discuss
the possibilities of including certain subject codes to describe your books more fully or bother to tell you how many titles have Toronto as their regional code.
#I won’t burden you with
new features like our ONIX to MARC mapping based on the OCLC mapping that spits out a MARC21 formatted record
#so that
Libraries can have easy access to publisher’s data
#or that we now
accept 3.0 files and will soon be outputting 3.0 data in our web services, or that we can create productform specific rules in our Quality Checking engine, or that we have worked with the BISG on a joint Best Practices certification and can check files against these practices.
#And I especially won’t mention
our latest project for creating a Release Calendar using a json object from our webservices that can take DateRange, Publisher Name, Subject, ProductForm, Canadian contributor as configurable parameters
#then that could be
parsed into different outputs-maybe like this json to csv transform
#and perhaps
we could even create an embeddable widget that people could.
#use in their digital assets
We can see media using this, retailers or libraries but we still need to know would you use it? How would you use it? Where would you use it? Do you want to play with it now and let us know what you think? Let us know.
#no , I don’t think I would
have time to mention that stuff this year so this year I want to do something a little different. I want to show you a project we have been working on. I want to demo that project and I want you to think about how you might use this.
#(of course
I don’t mean live demo because, well that is scary). –never live demo!
#The project I am talking about
Is our app for Shopify that leverages up-to-date, accurate, relevant data in BiblioShare to use in one of the most popular and robust ecommerce platforms around.
We have a number of people playing with our private beta including both publishers and retailers, and hope to get feedback from them, iterate and publish.
#one question that seems to come up regarding our App is what
What is Shopify? Quite simply, Shopify is a platform for creating an ecommerce solution. Our app works within the Shopify platform.
let me show you a few things that the Shopify platform does really well.
#first off
you get a Secure shopping cart -out of the box- which is ready to accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express the minute you launch. Not to mention you can integrate with over 70 payment gateways like paypal, bitcoin and square.
Easily handle shipping – creating unique rates like this one for product that doesn’t weigh anything.
Automatically set-up taxes for national sales and international sales
Create navigation easily
Create navigation easily
Customer Management: This is important to help you get a handle on customer retention. For a publisher using Shopify this would be light years ahead of their current B2C solutions.
#And noted research have shown
How important the economics of customer loyalty is http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/1590.html
#or if you’re not a Harvard fan
Check out RJ Metrics research that shows your best customers spend more than 30x the avg customer over their lifespan.
#if you want to really geek out on data
Shopify Analytics are for you – you can see Referral traffic, integrate Google analytics, see which products perform best, and easily export reports for work in your favourite software packages.
#And now just
Add our app and you have a great way of creating a great product detail page for books.
#to use
To use the app is quite simple. You get the install from us with a private token that can be tracked. Install the app and start building.
#once the app is installed
then start adding your products to Shopify. Simply by entering 13 digit isbns into the Title field in the Product details in your Shopify admin we will automatically populate the Title, Author, Product Format, Product Description, Price, Weight, and Product image.
#you can do this one item at a time or
Shopify allows you to do Batch imports too. They provide a template that in order to work with our App simply needs two columns filled out – the Title column and the Handle column. These get populated with the 13digit isbn for the titles you want to import.
Now that is pretty much all you have to do to use our app. But lets see how it looks on the most important page in your ecommerce site
#the product page
This is BiblioShare at work on the customer facing Shopify product detail page. Title, Price, Related Product , Author, ,Cover , Product Form, and Description. Think about it – BiblioShare as the one true source of publisher data –publishers ,in charge of the quality of the data that appears to the outside world. That is a great idea – and that is one of the foundational ideas of BiblioShare.
#Now looking at this product page from a different perspective
We see what makes a good affective product page. At the end of the day it is all about the product. That is why people come to your site, that is what helps them make purchase decisions - that will be the thing that convinces people they want to buy this book. And when they decide to buy that book you don’t want to make them jump through hoops to do that. You want the calls to action to be obvious and frictionless. Again all of this design is out-of-the-box (accept the Customer Review which is thanks to a free app that you can install)
#Something else
Easily managed by Shopify is the ability to allow digital purchasing. As with most things you want to do in Shopify – there is an app for that.
The App in this case is called- wait for it – Shopify Digital Downloads. Once it is installed –for free- you can Add your digital file for the title
#upload
your file
#And now
on the purchase path on your site the customer can download – an email can get sent out with the link for downloading later as well.
#Social Integration is covered as well
Here we have in the default template I am using, twitter cards enabled. So it is just a short step from there to validation and presto – you have a product card for twitter.
You can also integrate with Wordpress or Squarespace , a Facebook store and a lot more. There is so much more that Shopify enables you to do like here you see that you can Feature titles on your home page –
#or
Populate categories easily using keywords, or Titles– like if Cat appears in the title put it in the Cat Category. Or, hears a crazy idea - maybe you could even use Bisac codes!
#create
Discount offers easily
#or
Create Gift Cards. – there is so much more but I’m not hear to sell shopify to you – that is Shopify’s job. But
#we believe
that Shopify with BiblioShare makes this a very relevant design solution (#click) for modern ecommerce.
#We’re excited to be a small part of Shopify
We’re also excited by how BiblioShare is growing. These are all the services we have available to us now – not all of them are public facing but most are. The list is growing!
#the possibilities are many
– we think there is a lot that can be done with the services and we think Developers can build lots of other things too. The ONIX data is rich –.