Content Library
Faking a grid
- March 18, 2019
In this workshop, we present the CSS authored at Macmillan as a case study and explore alternative ways to code and style complex content with CSS, with a focus on grid and media queries in EPUBs.
Over the summer of 2018, the Association of Canadian Publishers conducted a baseline survey to measure the diversity of the Canadian book publishing workforce. This session shares the highlights.
Disrupting bias: Overcoming our discomfort with differences
- March 20, 2019
In this highly practical session, Ritu Bhasin draws on the latest neuroscience and leadership research to explore how discomfort with differences manifests within the publishing industry.
In this panel, library staff share their latest data-driven initiatives that are revolutionizing collections and patron management to increase efficiencies, insights, and opportunities.
The panelists share their different approaches to applying ML/AI at their companies, highlighting both strengths and limitations, as they consider a vision of a more automated publishing workflow.
To understand the world today, we need to understand code and its consequences. Clive Thompson gives us a definitive look into the heart of the machine.
Learn how Penguin Random House Canada adopted an audio-first strategy, hired Canadian acting talent, and recorded in studios both in-office and across the country.
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.
Building ebooks that last
- March 19, 2019
In this talk, Teresa Elsey (Bridge International Academies) answers the question: “How does my company build ebooks that will still work in two years, or five, or ten?”
These panelists have one goal: Get more books into the hands of readers. They talk about their efforts in working together to support book sales in ways that are creative, collaborative, and constructive.
Best practices for equity-driven acquisitions: Shifting from gatekeeping to spacemaking
- March 20, 2019
How do we shift from “gatekeeping” towards “spacemaking”: a process that solicits, supports, and develops the work of marginalized writers and professionals?
From the definition of accessibility requirements, to the actual production, to testing and metadata editing, accessibility needs to be taken into account through the entire production workflow.