In this webinar you’ll learn the best practices for using BISAC to classify book content, uncover recent codelist updates, and discover how new subject codes are introduced.
representation in books
Nikoo Sarraf and Jennifer Chen from McGill University’s .txtlab share insights from their research on queer fanfiction in this presentation.
How do we shift from “gatekeeping” towards “spacemaking”: a process that solicits, supports, and develops the work of marginalized writers and professionals?
Ashleigh Gardner (Wattpad) talks about how new technologies — such as machine learning — are creating new opportunities to discover and publish marginalized voices.
Jennifer Baker (Minorities in Publishing podcast) interviews author and founder of the Festival of Literary Diversity, Jael Richardson, on craft, publishing, and formulating equity within the literary community.
Turning content into data reveals a discouraging trend of female under-representation constant across time and genre. This presentation provides the data necessary to self-assess the content we’re publishing and self-correct.
Léonicka Valcius and Anyka Davis interrogate and rethink in-house processes and assumptions that come before publication date, including acquisitions, audience identification, setting sales expectations and budgets, and more.
As the publication of diverse books moves from “latest trend” to business priority, sales reps, marketers, and retailers need tools and strategies to effectively sell these books.
The We Read Too app showcases children’s and YA books written by and for people of colour. Kaya Thomas shares why she created it and how the publishers can reach audiences of colour.