Content Library
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.
The CataList team has been working hard to deliver new and improved ways to promote, sell, browse, and order books online.
#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.
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.
Bob Miller (Workman Publishing) discusses risk in publishing and new publishing models.
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.
EPUB 3 and accessibility
- March 8, 2012
As publishers get deeper into digital, accessible data is not a niche but an imperative.
In this short presentation, BookNet Canada’s Jackie Fry shares what’s changed for the Loan Stars program.
Ashleigh Gardner dives deep into case studies and explores how Wattpad approaches data and discovery to identify hidden stories that translate into publishing success.
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.
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.
It’s been four years since BookNet Canada launched a readers’ advisory tool for library staff. And what have we learned in those four years? A lot!