On the trade side, we often forget that the shift to digital is affecting academic publishing as well. Recently, there’s been a lot of debate over how to handle journal publication and access to research. The business model is changing there too, as was evident during Open Access week, a global event, now in its 4th year, which promotes Open Access as a new norm in scholarship and research. I attended one of its events in Guelph that had me yearning to work on campus with academics.
BNC SalesData Turns 5
Agenting with SalesData
BNC SalesData is not just for book publishers and sellers. It’s an indispensible tool for literary agents, too. To be truly effective at pitching books, one has to know how published books are doing, and to really look out for your authors, you need to know what’s happening in the marketplace as it’s happening.
BNC 101: Publication Dates
ONIX Is Easy
At BookNet, we sometimes find ourselves trying to defend ONIX . People are often asking, “Why can’t it be easy?” But it is. After the last time I heard this I thought that a review of why ONIX is easy was due.
Selling Books Using Foursquare
Last week The New York Times published a piece on how businesses should use geolocation services. The article focused on a restaurant and a chocolate store, but Foursquare’s use can obviously be extended beyond food to books. Brick-and-mortar stores can reach out to existing customers and entice new ones easily using Foursquare.
We often roll our eyes at the thought of getting involved on yet another social platform, but can you afford not to?
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.
BookCamp Hat Trick
BookCamp Vancouver (#bcvan10 ) marked my third BookCamp of the year (with previous editions taking place in Toronto and Halifax ). I also led sessions at all of them. So, how do they compare?
BookNet Beta: BiblioShare Image Service
So you are looking for cover images for books available in Canada, or perhaps Canadian books? Well, as part of BookNet Canada’s (BNC) BiblioShare project we have been aggregating cover images from publishers/suppliers, and we are now making those same images available to you to use in your projects…free of charge…within reason.
