BookNet Canada
Episodes
When nothing ever goes out of print: The trials & considerations of maintaining backlist ebooks
19 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
At last year's ebookcraft conference, Teresa Elsey, the Digital Managing Editor of the Trade & Reference Division at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, shared...
Publishers enter the bookstore game
26 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Publishers opening their own physical bookstores seems to be all the rage these days. We sit down with two Canadian publishers—House of Anansi and P...
The audiobook gets its groove back
26 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Long live the audiobook! Thanks to smartphones, podcasts, and our oh-so-busy lives, the digital audiobook is making a comeback. We talk with some indu...
Accessible ebooks: is the print/ebook debate a privileged one?
24 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Brady, ebook developer and principal of Brady Type, joins the BookNet podcast to educate us about the benefits and challenges associated with br...
Highlights from Tech Forum 2016
27 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
After another round of inspiring talks, illuminating research, and innovative ideas at our annual Tech Forum conference on digital developments in the...
The rise (and fall?) of adult colouring books
29 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
It's been a big year for adult colouring books in Canada: they've dominated the non-fiction bestseller lists, adults are frequenting drinking 'n' colo...
We Read Too – Diversifying publishing with Kaya Thomas
22 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Kaya Thomas, creator of the app We Read Too, joins BookNet on the podcast this month. While still in her undergrad at Dartmouth College, Kaya develope...
Using data to predict bestselling and prize-winning books
25 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Can quantitative analysis be used to predict bestselling or prize-winning books? We discuss this question and more with Andrew Piper, an associate pro...
Best practices for book classification - Tom Richardson
29 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this month's episode, we ask our Bibliographic Manager, Tom Richardson, to ruminate on how subject metadata can be optimized to better serve the bo...
More adults are buying YA books for their own reading enjoyment, but do they realize it's YA?
14 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
BookNet Canada invites Canadian publishing superstars Allister Thompson, Leonicka Valcius, and Rachel Letofski to discuss the growing trend of adults ...
Information Doesn't Want to be Free - Cory Doctorow - Tech Forum 2015
17 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
There are three iron laws of information age creativity, freedom, and business, woven deep into the fabric of the Internet's design, the functioning o...
How an 11-minute podcast can change a book's life - Tech Forum 2015 - Anshuman Iddamsetty
11 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode is very meta, in that it’s a podcast about podcasting. If your mind is still intact after being so spectularly blown, and if y...
Using content marketing to increase discoverability - Brian O'Leary - Tech Forum 2015
04 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
With the growth of subscription services such as Scribd and Oyster, and sites such as Pottermore, many publishers are starting to think differently ab...
Transmedia success - Tech Forum 2015 - Keith Fretz
27 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Striking a balance between books, games, and community. Keith Fretz of Scholastic US explores three main components of a successful transmedia proper...
A tale of two cultures - Derrick Schultz - Tech Forum 2015
21 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
As more and more publishing houses bring in talented digital employees there’s a likely clash of cultures on the horizon. How can publishers with th...
Engaging everyone: A case study from Orca Book Publishers - Melanie Jeffs - Tech Forum 2015
06 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Drawing on their extensive history with the middle school market, Melanie Jeffs from Orca Book Publishers will examine how engagement, not only with c...
BookNet Canada Research - Noah Genner - Tech Forum 2015
29 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
BookNet Canada conducts regular market research and consumer research, giving you a detailed picture of the Canadian book market and Canadian book buy...
How price weaves into reader engagement - Nathan Maharaj - Tech Forum 2015
23 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Is there a difference between readers who mainly purchase heavily discounted ebooks versus those who pay full price? How about readers who purchase an...
Everything you need to know about ebook bundling - Mary Alice Elcock - BNC Tech Forum 2015
15 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Many publishers are interested in bundling ebooks and print books, but don't know where to start. Will ebook bundling erode traditional ebook sales? W...
How to Survive the Ebookalypse - Kevin Ashton - BookNet Canada's Tech Forum 2015
09 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Concerns about ebooks “killing” publishing are just the latest in a centuries-long tradition of worrying unnecessarily about the end of reading. T...