Content Library
ebook apps from the inside out
- March 23, 2017
An exploration of the past, present, and future evolution of ebook reading applications and how that impacts and informs the art and craft of creating ebooks.
Universal CSS: How to maintain flexibility and title-specific branding, while secretly taking away the freedom of design
- March 21, 2018
The struggle to create standard CSS for a wide range of textbooks that establishes a standard schema, validates for consistent structure, handles complex layouts, and adheres to accessibility guidelines.
#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.
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.
Join Project Manager Carol Gordon to discover the integration project with BTLF and how that has led to many feature improvements for CataList in 2021.
Ashleigh Gardner (Wattpad) talks about how new technologies — such as machine learning — are creating new opportunities to discover and publish marginalized voices.
Sneak peek: BNC SalesData
- March 12, 2015
At BookNet, we’ve been hard at work giving BNC SalesData, a thorough upgrade. Project Manager Neha Thanki gives you a sneak peek under the hood of the brand-new system.
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.
Important trends, evolving business models, best practices for integrating social media and user-generated content, and the impact of emerging devices and delivery methods on the creation process.
Have you taken the new-and-improved CataList for a spin yet?
Librarian and technologist Jessamyn West will talk about what we know about the digitally divided and what works… and what doesn’t to help them interact with the larger world of technology.
Part two of our conversation with this panel of BookTokers continues the discussion and addresses unanswered audience questions from part one.