Last week I had the opportunity to attend the National Forum on the Literary Arts hosted by the Canada Council in Montreal. The forum brought together ~250 participants from the literary arts from across Canada to discuss a future vision for Canadian literature. Participants came from an array of professions; authors, editors, librarians, literary agents, government organizations, educators, media, storytellers, publishers, booksellers (I think?) and association staff were all present. The purpose was to get a variety of different views on how digital change is affecting the ‘literary milieu.
Working for Your Data
Covering your Bases: 2014 Standards Implementation and Business Planning
This week’s guest blog post is from Christen Thomas, Executive Director of the Literary Press Group of Canada. At Tech Forum’s BookNet 101 event, she’ll be presenting on how to take new standards such as Thema and ONIX 3.0 into account while mapping out a business plan. She will also include copious sports metaphors. You’re up to bat, Christen!The Evolution of Ebook Education
Today’s guest post is from Jordan Knoll, Marketing & Program Developer at eBOUND Canada. eBOUND, a not-for-profit ebook services firm, is co-presenting our upcoming ebookcraft conference. Read on to learn more about the evolution of ebook education at Canadian publishing houses.
The Ebook Unicorn: Standards in Ebook Development
Today’s guest post is from Laura Brady, principal of Brady Type, a full-service book design studio specializing in ebook development, print book production, and general publishing problem solving. She’ll be moderating what promises to be a very lively panel at ebookcraft this March: The Ebook Unicorn.
Intrigued?Turning Art Books into Ebooks
This week’s guest blog post is from Tina Henderson, who has been involved in the design and production of hundreds of books in multiple languages for book publishers, museums, and self-publishers. She has worked with publishers of art books since 1993. Take it away, Tina!User Experience for Ebooks
Today, we have a guest post from Anne Kostick. Anne is a partner in Foxpath IND, emerita president of Women’s Media Group, program director of the Digital Book Awards, and the author of several books. She also has a column, Digital Reading, in which she discusses user experience and related topics in ebooks and e-reading. Take it away, Anne!Smartphone Reading Is on the Rise
Smartphone users are used to reading on their phones: texts, tweets, emails, news, social media sites, blogs… but do they also read books?
As part of a two-year consumer study, BookNet Canada asked book buyers whether they read books on their phone and, if so, how frequently. This question was asked of over 1,000 book-buying Canadians per quarter from the beginning of 2012 up until the end of the third quarter of 2013.
Five New Year's Resolutions
On January 1st, certain New Year’s resolutions are always popular—eat better, exercise more, quit smoking (again), finally write that book—but the start of a new year is a great time for business-related resolutions, too. So if you’re looking to get more out of your book-related business, here are five resolutions that can help you start the year off right.
