Ashleigh Gardner (Wattpad) talks about how new technologies — such as machine learning — are creating new opportunities to discover and publish marginalized voices.
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Chris Saynor (EDItEUR) shares how Thema, the subject category scheme for the global book trade, can be used to identify and improve the discoverability of titles suitable for a more diverse and inclusive audience.
eBOUND Canada conducted a study using a sample of ebooks from Canadian publishers to gauge the efficacy of adding audience-driven keywords to the metadata. These are the results.
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.
How do we shift from “gatekeeping” towards “spacemaking”: a process that solicits, supports, and develops the work of marginalized writers and professionals?
These panelists have one goal: Get more books into the hands of readers. They talk about their efforts in working together to support book sales in ways that are creative, collaborative, and constructive.
A case study of moving an online bookstore from one website to another — an epic tale, including the unexpected problems they encountered along the way and how they were solved or are being solved.
Learn how Penguin Random House Canada adopted an audio-first strategy, hired Canadian acting talent, and recorded in studios both in-office and across the country.
In this panel, library staff share their latest data-driven initiatives that are revolutionizing collections and patron management to increase efficiencies, insights, and opportunities.
In this session, Bibliographic Manager Tom Richardson will answer your pressing questions and show you what’s new, what’s important, and what’s coming up in standards.
Booksellers discuss the pressing issues affecting the trade in 2018, including drawing customers to a bricks-and-mortar experience, engaging with publisher suppliers in new and innovative ways, and testing new models for retail.
Everything you could possibly want to know about Canadian publishers, booksellers, and readers in 2018.