It’s not just the book industry that’s dealing with a challenging retail landscape: across the country, retailers are grappling with consolidation in the trade, the shift to online shopping, and more.
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The demise of libraries has been predicted since the inception of the internet, but reports of their death have been greatly exaggerated. This panel addresses the impact of libraries in the community, and to the economy.
M.J. D’Elia (Startup Weekend: Library Edition) will explore ‘startup thinking’ to give you new ways to think about solving challenges in your organization.
Kevin Ashton draws on his experience as a bookseller, author, marketer, and leader of the “Internet of Things,” to provide guidance and reassurance to help you survive the coming Ebookalypse.
In this session, Noah Genner will present some of BookNet’s recent research, including not-yet-released stats.
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.
Brian O’Leary explores how conversion architectures work and how they apply to current—and, more importantly, future—book content models
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.
In this presentation, Nathan Maharaj (Kobo) weighs in on what Kobo has learned about the relationship between price points and reading habits.
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.
What’s new and upcoming with BNC BiblioShare? Find out from Tim Middleton, Project Manager and Retail Liaison at BookNet Canada.
Wattpad and Sourcebooks have tested out a number of publishing experiments together, and in this session, they reveal what they’ve learned.