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Ainsley Sparkes
July 4, 2017
Research & Analysis

Bestselling books in Canada's provinces and territories

Ainsley Sparkes
July 4, 2017
Research & Analysis
Bestselling books in Canada's provinces and territories

You may have seen our list of the 150 bestselling Canadian-authored books from the past decade. We wanted to go a bit further in our exploration and see what was selling in each region of our fine country.

Tagged: bestsellers, regional bestsellers, canada 150, canadian bestsellers

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Guest User
June 29, 2017
Loan Stars, Marketing

Publishers, give your books a chance to become Loan Stars

Guest User
June 29, 2017
Loan Stars, Marketing
Publishers, give your books a chance to become Loan Stars

Publishers, do you want to see your books become Loan Stars? Of course you do. Library staff from across the country are tirelessly requesting, reading, and recommending, and they want to get their hands on your books.

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Kitty Yau
June 26, 2017
Research & Analysis

Tune in to the podcast consumer

Kitty Yau
June 26, 2017
Research & Analysis
Tune in to the podcast consumer

But who exactly is the Canadian podcast listener? Are they audiobook listeners, too? We've pulled together some statistics to satisfy your curiosity.

Tagged: audiobooks, book buying, podcast listeners

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BookNet Canada
June 23, 2017
Conferences & Events

Book Summit 2017: Time for action

BookNet Canada
June 23, 2017
Conferences & Events
Book Summit 2017: Time for action

Book Summit 2017 took place in downtown Toronto on June 15. Elizabeth Barker shares her thoughts about the Indigenous Writers and Publishing Post TRC panel.

Tagged: kateri akiwenzie-damm, indigenous publishing, indigenous history month

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Lauren Stewart
June 20, 2017
Conferences & Events

Celebrating National Aboriginal Day

Lauren Stewart
June 20, 2017
Conferences & Events
Celebrating National Aboriginal Day

We're celebrating the bright lights in Canada's Indigenous publishing community and highlighting a few Indigenous-owned and -operated houses offering books authored, illustrated, and published by Indigenous Peoples.

Tagged: kateri akiwenzie-damm, indigenous books, indigenous history month

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Ainsley Sparkes
June 20, 2017
ebookcraft, Podcasts

Podcast: Ebook Apps from the Inside Out

Ainsley Sparkes
June 20, 2017
ebookcraft, Podcasts
Podcast: Ebook Apps from the Inside Out

Micah Bowers' ebookcraft 2017 talk, Ebook Apps from the Inside Out, is an exploration of the past, present, and future evolution of ebook reading applications and how that impacts and informs the art and craft of creating ebooks. 

Tagged: eproduction, micah bowers

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Kitty Yau
June 19, 2017
Research & Analysis

Who is the Romance Book Buyer?

Kitty Yau
June 19, 2017
Research & Analysis
Who is the Romance Book Buyer?

Get ready for some summer lovin' with the fifth instalment of our Deep Dive series! We've bundled up some statistics on the Romance Book Buyer to help you identify who they are, what their habits are, online and off, and where they buy their books.

Tagged: deep dive, romance, research studies

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BookNet Canada
June 13, 2017
Publishing

The 150 bestselling books by Canadian authors

BookNet Canada
June 13, 2017
Publishing
The 150 bestselling books by Canadian authors

To celebrate Canada 150, we stayed true to our book-reading, data-loving selves and pulled together a list of 150 bestselling Canadian books from the last 10 years.

Tagged: canada 150, bestsellers, canadian bestsellers, infographics

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Tim Middleton
June 9, 2017
Research & Analysis, ONIX

Keyword adoption in LGBT book metadata: A case study

Tim Middleton
June 9, 2017
Research & Analysis, ONIX
Keyword adoption in LGBT book metadata: A case study

We recently looked at LGBT book sales in another blog post, including how those titles are being classified. It made us think about the difference between LGBT subject codes and keywords. Thus began our quest to gain insight into keyword usage.

Tagged: keywords, bisac, lgbtq

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Ainsley Sparkes
June 6, 2017
BookNet News, Conferences & Events

PubFight 2017 is coming

Ainsley Sparkes
June 6, 2017
BookNet News, Conferences & Events
PubFight 2017 is coming

Start scouring industry publications for the news about this fall's most anticipated books because PubFight 2017 is coming!

Tagged: pubfight

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