Content Library
Opting out of FXL
- March 10, 2015
Fixed-layout is a print-replica format that serves certain kinds of content really well. But let’s talk about why and how to opt out of this limited format.
New from BookNet Canada for 2015: Standards & certification
- March 12, 2015
What’s new and upcoming for BNC Standards and Certification?
Find out what’s new in BNC CataList, BookNet Canada’s e-catalogue solution for the Canadian trade market.
What’s new and upcoming with BNC BiblioShare? Find out from Tim Middleton, Project Manager and Retail Liaison at BookNet Canada.
Learn how Big Five and independent publishers have attempted poetry on small screens, and leave with practical tips and techniques for your own clients.
There are three iron laws of the information age: creativity, freedom, and business. You can’t attain any kind of sustained commercial, creative success without understanding these laws.
In this presentation, Nathan Maharaj (Kobo) weighs in on what Kobo has learned about the relationship between price points and reading habits.
Engaging everyone: A case study from Orca Book Publishers
- March 12, 2015
Melanie Jeffs (Orca Book Publishers) will examine how engagement, with customers as well as with staff and authors, can inform content generation and lead to successful marketing strategies.
This workshop will feature an a cross-section of ebook retailers discussing successes/fails they see at ebook ingestion, what makes their work easier, and common problems.
Ebook accessibility tools and best practices: Mysteries of accessible apps and device features revealed
- March 10, 2015
A demonstration and discussion of how people with visual, hearing, physical, and/or cognitive disabilities really use accessibility software and features on mobile devices and computers.
Brian O’Leary explores how conversion architectures work and how they apply to current—and, more importantly, future—book content models
Bundle up: Everything you need to know about ebook bundling
- March 12, 2015
Many publishers are interested in bundling ebooks and print books, but don’t know where to start. Mary Alice Elcock (BitLit) presents insights into the book bundling market.