Finally, a blog post that addresses the main question on everyone’s mind: In an epic battle to the death, who would win—zombies or vampires? Here at BookNet, we’ve taken some time to look into zombie and vampire books.
Holiday Sales Recap
Canada Buys then Canada Reads
The Giller Shortlist: What Can Publishers Expect?
Each year since 2005 BookNet Canada has been actively tracking and comparing the performance of the Giller nominees and winners. On the day that the shortlist announces we send a Giller Report to all nominated publishing firms who are subscribers to BNC SalesData. This report is created in order to give publishers a sense of what to expect during the award season, and to help nominees with stock and demand planning. What did we find? In a nutshell: the Giller effect is alive and well.
E-Book Tracking in the Canadian Market: What’s in the Works
Some of you may have seen the recent Quill and Quire article discussing the fact that BookNet Canada is undertaking an initiative to collect statistics on the sale of e-books in Canada. Right now BookNet actually has two e-book initiatives underway: e-book sales research and e-book SalesData reporting. Here are the details.
New BNC Research Study: Juvenile and YA Series
In the past, BNC has turned its eye to researching books made into movies, J.K Rowling vs. Stephenie Meyer, and award-nominated titles, but this summer we decided to look at a trend in Canadian publishing that cannot be ignored: the sometimes-phenomenal, sometimes-underrated, but overall continued success of Juvenile and YA book series.
You Need to Know: The Canadian Book Market 2010
Every year BookNet Canada publishes The Canadian Book Market. I think you can guess what it’s about.
The CBM is the comprehensive guide to the Canadian book trade. It includes in-depth analysis, comparative data and statistics making it essential reading for anyone involved in the book industry in Canada.
As the industry changes and becomes more and more competitive, can you afford not to know it inside out?
Canada Reads 2011: Will the New Format Change Sales Patterns?
Canada Reads 2011 has come to a close with Terry Fallis taking home the prize for his novel The Best Laid Plans.
A few of us at BNC were lucky enough to attend the debates this week.
Stop Being an Enabler: BISG E-Book ISBN Study Findings
Tom and I called in to the BISG meeting on Thursday (January 13, 2011) where the findings of the Identification of eBooks Research Project [pdf - slides] were revealed and discussed.
The results of this research are pretty distressing for someone who works with standards every day, but also (sadly) not at all surprising. Here are the key findings from the report…
Capitalizing on the Giller Announcements
The Scotiabank Giller shortlist was announced on Tuesday, and people are absolutely delighted by the number of independent presses represented on this list. But many are also worried. They worry that the independents won’t know how to react. Steven Beattie wrote a thoughtful piece on the plight of the shortlisted indie publisher just yesterday. It’s true. It can be difficult for publishers without much Giller experience to know exactly what to do, when to reprint and how much. BNC can help with that—as long as a print job can be scheduled in time.
