Content Library
Laura Dawson walks us through the publishing process from acquisition to final sale, demonstrating the output of metadata at each stage of the process.
Life after Adobe
- March 21, 2018
Simon Collinson and Nick Barreto (Canelo Digital Publishing) will walk the audience through their Adobe-free toolbelt, giving tips, tricks, and warning of potholes to avoid.
This webinar explores emerging trends in the types of books Canadians are buying.
Part two of our conversation with this panel of BookTokers continues the discussion and addresses unanswered audience questions from part one.
Ellen Ullman in conversation
- March 22, 2018
A conversation with Ellen Ullman, author of the cult classic memoir Close to the Machine, based on her years as a rare female computer programmer in the early years of the personal computer era.
The ripple effect of romance: How to leverage trending subjects
- February 26, 2026
A group of industry professionals shares insights into the impact of the romance boom.
Ashleigh Gardner (Wattpad) talks about how new technologies — such as machine learning — are creating new opportunities to discover and publish marginalized voices.
#standardsgoals for 2022: Standards & certification roundup
- April 19, 2022
BookNet Canada Bibliographic Manager and general standards person, Tom Richardson provides your yearly standards overview with a focus on metadata basics.
What is quality in metadata?
- April 24, 2020
The publishing industry believes that it’s normal for end users to use data badly and that it’s up to the rest of us to make up for their limitations. This presentation will try to change that.
This presentation explains how audiobooks started in Brazil and the current status of the market there. It’s a broad overview using current data and talking about potential customers.
BookNet Canada Project Manager Tim Middleton recaps the highlights from 2024 for the BNC BiblioShare project.
Case study: Metadata & the web at House of Anansi Press
- March 20, 2019
A case study of moving an online bookstore from one website to another — an epic tale, including the unexpected problems they encountered along the way and how they were solved or are being solved.