Yesterday, TED announced the launch of TEDBooks—“an imprint of short nonfiction works designed for digital distribution”—via Amazon’s new Kindle Singles channel.
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…
Who’s Attending Technology Forum 2011?
Our registration list continues to grow. People from all across Canada and part of the US are coming to Toronto for BookNet Canada’s fifth annual Technology Forum. Our attendees will be a diverse group of professionals from trade and academic publishers, consulting companies, booksellers, organizations and service suppliers.
Check out our growing list of attendees…
Proud to Be Canadian? Prove It. In ONIX.
Hey! I’m Reading Here!
This summer I mentioned to some friends that I was programming BNC Technology Forum 2011. (Yes, I know, I’m probably their most boring friend.) I was mentioning that I felt it was important to include a session on digital marketing, and two of my friends immediately perked up. One works in PR and the other works in online advertising, and both had the same thought: they were salivating at the idea of advertising in books. Their enthusiasm was equally matched by my repulsion.
Tools of Change 2011
Tips for Tools of Change
Thinking about going to Tools of Change for Publishing in February? Not many conferences feature both CanLit queen Margaret Atwood and ‘Chief Cheezburger’ Ben Huh on their keynote roster. If you are heading to the Big Apple to check out this year’s sessions, here are some tips from my first TOC experience last year.
The New Subject Codes: Use Them
Are You Ready to Make Your Digital Catalogues?
Best Practices for E-Books in ONIX
What are the general guidelines for producing “good” ONIX support for e-books? Quality data exchange requires two things: clarity about how Product Identifiers are being used and the use of the ONIX 3.0 standard. Given that we are lacking both of these things, the answer to how to make a “good” e-book is a bit ambiguous. Use the following as a starting point, ask questions of your trading partners, and—please!—comment on this post.
