OK, so you’ve heard about Thema, the new international standard for book classification, but you’re already using BISAC. Is there an easy way to find Thema codes for your titles based on the BISAC codes you already have? Never fear: the BISAC to Thema Translator is here!Shiny New BiblioShare Webform Features
We’ve made a few improvements to BiblioShare Webform based on great feedback from publishers who use the tool. We’ve added new fields to give you broader access to the ONIX standard and – for you CataList users – to make some data easier to transfer to BNC CataList. We’ve also added new selection functionality to help you customize your exports. Read on for a short run-through of the major changes that are now available on the site.
ONIX 2.1 to 3.0 Converters: What They Can and Can't Do
Converting ONIX 2.1 to ONIX 3.0 is a very useful way to learn where “stuff” goes in ONIX 3.0 but publishers are confused why, once they’ve done the conversion, it’s just not good enough. I’ve been participating in arguments about it–and, as always, after the fact, came up with a succinct explanation. Be happy you weren’t involved in my long ones! Read on for an explanation of why ONIX 2.1 to 3.0 converters fall short, and how you can make good use of them anyway.Ebook Sales and Pricing Trends
House of Anansi Launches Massey Lectures App
Infographic: The State of Digital Publishing in Canada
The latest study from BNC Research, The State of Digital Publishing in Canada 2013, was released today. Check out our handy infographic for some interesting findings, or download the study to get the full picture of Canadian digital publishing today.
Photo Scavenger Hunt Winners
Last week at Tech Forum and ebookcraft, we ran a photo scavenger hunt through our event app. There were a total of 31 challenges, and by the end of the events, we had over 700 photos to go through! Team ECW ran away with many of the top prizes - see what all of our winners walked away with in this post.
Tech Forum 2014 Wrap-up
Canadian Readers by the Numbers
As part of BookNet’s research into the Canadian book buyer, we have been running a small survey of Canadians’ reading and leisure habits for the last 3 years. Where our book-buying research is focused on book buyers, this research is meant to focus more on how Canadians spend their leisure time and, more specifically, on how and when they are reading books (in any format). In this post, we’ll take a look at some of our findings.National Forum on the Literary Arts
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.
