Content Library
Bookselling on the web: Two independent innovators explore online book publishing, retailing and promotion
- March 25, 2010
Mark Coker (Smashwords) shares four big trends shaping the future of bookselling on the web, while Len Vlhaos (American Booksellers Association and Indiebound) talks about independent local bookstores.
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?
Monique Mongeon (BookNet Canada) shows a first glimpse of our circulation data aggregation tool, BNC LibraryData, as well as reports in action.
Games and gamification
- March 8, 2012
Jon Ingold discusses what games are, why they work, and what makes for a good one. Watch this video to learn how gaming can help publishers (and other players) bring their content to the market.
Encouraging grassroots innovation at a legacy publisher
- April 1, 2016
When you’re working at a big publisher, what kinds of innovation can you introduce in ebook/digital processes while still keeping up with the day-to-day work?
Matt Garrish talks about EPUB accessibility and conformance standards.
Tzviya Siegman (Wiley) offers an in-depth overview of the publishing activity at W3C. Karen Myers (W3C) highlights several standards and areas of interest that affect publishing.
A panel all about the Canadian market for e-singles
New from BookNet Canada for 2015: Standards & certification
- March 12, 2015
What’s new and upcoming for BNC Standards and Certification?
Colin Robinson (OR Books) explains how platform agnosticism, POD, and leading-edge online promotion are the keys to surviving the paradigm shift affecting publishing today.
Accessibility best practices
- March 8, 2012
Sarah Hilderley shares the best practices that can make content accessible to people with reading disabilities.
In this workshop, you’ll learn why UTP chose the XML-first route, what the workflow actually looks like, and the benefits and growing pains they’ve seen over the years.