Loan Stars turned five in 2021! Here’s what’s new for the program last year after nearly 800 book recommendations from library staff across Canada.
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#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.
We talk about what’s changed since EPUB 3.2, the testing process, the surprising things we’ve learned about EPUB, and what comes next.
How to make accessible ebooks: A workshop for beginners
- June 22, 2022
This workshop is for everyone who wants to learn how to make accessible, ready-for-the-market ebooks, regardless of their previous experience.
Let’s judge a book by its cover: A panel about book cover design
- September 15, 2022
The best and brightest cover designers working today (and one bookseller) debate what makes good design.
Social media experts from five Canadian publishing houses share what goes on behind the scenes.
Working towards eBooks for Everyone
- November 17, 2022
All about the Accessible eBooks from Literary Presses project.
Join our panel of retailers, all of whom launched their bookstore during the pandemic, for a discussion of lessons learned.
Emerging trends: Book subjects on the move in the Canadian market
- February 3, 2022
BookNet Canada SalesData experts, Monique Mongeon and Hannah Johnston dig deep into the data to show you the book subjects on the move in the Canadian book market.
What makes #BookTokers tick: Everything publishers need to know
- February 17, 2022
This panel of successful BookTokers shares insights into how they choose the books they feature in their videos, what they wish publishers knew before approaching them for partnerships, and more.
Nikoo Sarraf and Jennifer Chen from McGill University’s .txtlab share insights from their research on queer fanfiction in this presentation.
Part two of our conversation with this panel of BookTokers continues the discussion and addresses unanswered audience questions from part one.