Canadian book-buying behaviour
- March 8, 2013
BookNet CEO Noah Genner presents BookNet Canada’s most recent consumer insights.
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Graham Bell (EDItEUR) gives a tour of the semantic web and shows the way linked data has begun to be used by libraries and the potential it holds for the book industry.
A focused look at activities, purchasing influences, and behaviours of today’s book consumer. Chuck
This panel of librarians provides us with valuable insight into how libraries work, from budgets and collections to patron and e-lending statistics.
Liza Daly makes a case for clean ebook markup.
Charles Nix presents an ordered guide to typography for ebooks — balancing time-tested principles with the opportunities unique to the next reading environment.
Building a better online bookstore with BNC BiblioShare
- March 5, 2014
BookNet Canada is developing a Shopify plugin that will pull rich bibliographic data from BiblioShare into Shopify, allowing small businesses access to the same data available to larger retailers.
Marvin is an ebook reader built in close collaboration with the reading community and is based on the premise that incredibly powerful mobile technologies can be used to create richer reading experiences.
A lifetime of reading in your pocket: Lessons learned from Stanza, the iPhone eReader
- March 12, 2009
Neelan Choksi will highlight the lessons learned after launching Stanza.
Neil De Young and Mike Smith share what the transition to the IDPF epub standard has been like for Hachette as well as a wider view of the current ePub landscape.
Susan Danziger (DailyLit discusses her experience with different business models, including sponsorships, advertising, and paid books.
Gary Cosimini (Adobe) will discuss how publishers can realize the full potential of XML content management and retrieval, transforming their operations.