Content Library
Images can be the most frustrating formatting issue in eBook development. This session will give you practical information on how to make your images behave in different reading systems.
The past, present, and future of digital publishing that hasn’t, isn’t, but may still meet the promise of the web
- March 19, 2019
What might the future of ebooks look like? Are Web Publications real? This session is part history lesson, part unhinged rant, part futile attempt to predict the future.
What if we could start over with EPUB, without worrying about backward compatibility? What would an ebook format look like? Could we make it simpler, more powerful, less maddening?
We’re all familiar with — one representation of an underlying data model. Learn about other possibilities — for example JSON, other forms of RDF, and discuss why there’s no one right expression.
Accessibility shouldn’t be an afterthought in the ebook production process, but built into the content from the ground-up to ensure seamless user experiences that allow anyone to connect with the books they want to read.
EPUB 3 and accessibility
- March 8, 2012
As publishers get deeper into digital, accessible data is not a niche but an imperative.
New from BookNet Canada for 2021: BNC LibraryData
- April 14, 2021
LibraryData worked overtime in 2020/21, delivering insights and analytics to aid in navigating an unprecedented year. Get up-to-speed with our latest updates and learn what’s to come in the year ahead.
#standardsgoals for 2020: Standards & certification roundup
- March 25, 2020
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.
Bob Miller (Workman Publishing) discusses risk in publishing and new publishing models.
ebook usability from the library’s perspective
- March 23, 2017
Pull back the curtain on what librarians love about ebooks, why ebook recommendations often come with both raves and caveats, how certain types of books and users are best served by print, and more.
The challenge of ebook discoverability in a print world
- March 8, 2012
Evan Schnittman (Bloomsbury) talks about why bestsellers dominate ebook sales and why the longtail is a long way from a reality for ebooks.
In this short presentation, BookNet Canada’s Jackie Fry shares what’s changed for the Loan Stars program.