Content Library
New from BookNet Canada for 2015: Standards & certification
- March 12, 2015
What’s new and upcoming for BNC Standards and Certification?
Publishing in the age of globalization: The wonderful, the worrisome, and what’s next
- March 12, 2015
In a rapid-fire overview of the global publishing landscape, Ed Nawotka, considers the macro-trends and some of the micro-trends at play.
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.
In this session, Anshuman Iddamsetty explains the unique power of sound and how it’s the ideal medium for fostering intimacy, trust, and loyalty.
As more and more publishing houses bring in talented digital employees there’s a likely clash of cultures on the horizon.
Keith Fretz (Scholastic) explores three main components of a successful transmedia property: attracting and retaining interest, using usage data to inform your product, and maintaining a vibrant community.
Bringing together the web and digital publishing communities
- March 11, 2015
This presentation gives a short overview of the achievements of the W3C Digital Publishing Interest Group task forces, as well as the longer-term vision on where this cooperation may lead us.
Learn how Big Five and independent publishers have attempted poetry on small screens, and leave with practical tips and techniques for your own clients.
State of ebook production
- March 11, 2015
In the field of ebook development, the ideals are clear–one open standard format, universally accepted–but the reality is harshly different. Are we close to the one format to rule them all?
Websites are built with CMSes that repurpose content, use complex templating systems, and offer many other advantages to flat-file folders. Why should we (or shouldn’t we) adapt that to ebook development?
Join Colleen Cunningham as she shares how F+W is introducing consistent tagging to editorial and production staff.
This talk will touch on the challenges and solutions of Type 3.0 for engineers, designers and authors.