Podcast: Navigating cybersecurity: Insights for the publishing industry
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by BookNet Canada
3d ago
In this month’s podcast episode, cybersecurity expert Francis Syms joins us to discuss the evolving landscape of digital security. In our conversation, we explore key insights and best practices to safeguard digital assets against cyber threats. (Scroll down for the transcript.) Want to make sure you never miss an episode of the podcast? You can subscribe for free on Spotify, iTunes, Pocket Casts, TuneIn, or SoundCloud. Further Reading/Listening Francis Syms, Cybersecurity, Technology and AI Expert Canadian Centre for Cyber Security PBS' Cybersecurity Lab The Perso ..read more
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Subject spotlight: Nature
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by Adaobi Nnaobi
1w ago
Welcome back to Subject Spotlight, your go-to source for quarterly data-driven insights into the performance of particular subjects in the Canadian book market. Previously, we looked at the sales and library circulation of Fiction / Feminist books. In this instalment, we shine the spotlight on Non-Fiction / Nature titles. How did these titles perform during the fourth quarter of 2023? We find out with the help of our SalesData and LibraryData services. Buying Non-Fiction / Nature Compared to 2022, the overall sales of Non-Fiction / Nature titles were down 8% over the entire fourth quarter. Loo ..read more
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Canadian book buyers in 2023
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by Aline Zara
1w ago
The results from the Canadian Book Consumer survey are here, along with new data about Canadian book consumers — how did Canadians get books in 2023? The full Canadian Book Consumer Study 2023 will be released later this spring, but in this three-part blog series we’re giving you a preview of the biggest trends. Active since 2012, the Canadian Book Consumer survey is our annual survey of Canadians and Canadian book consumers. In it, we survey Canadians quarterly about their book buying, borrowing, and other book-related behaviours. In 2023, we surveyed a total of 4,270 Canadians — 48% of whom ..read more
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March Loan Stars Canadian Adult Top 10 list
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by BookNet Canada
2w ago
Loan Stars is the readers’ advisory tool that allows libraries across Canada to indicate popular upcoming titles. Using LibraryData, the library data aggregation service, the forthcoming titles with the most orders become Loan Stars top picks! The March Loan Stars Canadian Adult top 10 list features ten books that have at least one author, illustrator, translator, or editor (in the case of an edited collection of material) who is a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada. You can see each book and find out a bit more about them in the list below, or you can download our poster if yo ..read more
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Visions of the book industry in 2035: Part four
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by BookNet Canada
2w ago
Welcome to the fourth instalment of this blog series where individuals working across the book supply chain, from book production to distribution, wholesaling, bookselling, and more, share their visions of the book industry and what they think could be different in 2035. We encourage anyone working in the industry, from interns to C-level executives, to share their visions of the book industry for this series by submitting their contributions through this short form. Thanks in advance for sharing your visions with us! Sustainability On sustainability in the book industry, a topic that is top o ..read more
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Easier with BookNet: Finding accessible digital products
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by Stephanie Small
3w ago
In this new instalment of the Easier with BookNet series, we’ll share a few tips on how you can find accessible titles using CataList’s search tools. CataList is BookNet Canada’s online catalogue service and order management tool. If you don’t have an account yet, you can request one here. Basic accounts are free for book retailers and library staff. We know that it can be difficult to find accessible books because accessibility information isn’t always front and centre. With our accessible products search feature we have made finding these titles easier for you. Step 1: Start an advanced sear ..read more
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Using Thema to identify diverse content in product metadata: worked example #13
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by Lauren Stewart
3w ago
This blog post continues a series where we will demonstrate how to highlight diverse book content using the Thema subject classification system. You can review our blog coverage of Thema here, and follow this series here. It’s no secret that at BookNet we're major fans of the Thema subject classification system. While we still love BISAC, the dominant subject classification system in the North American book market, the love for Thema is real. While BISAC has made adjustments to its codelist to meet market demand for more granular coverage of diverse content, BISAC is intrinsically challenged d ..read more
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The sales of Black titles in Canada
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by Adaobi Nnaobi
3w ago
February is Black History Month so we wanted to take a look at some books featuring the BISAC code: African American & Black that were published from 2019 to 2023. We’re splitting the titles into Fiction (Fiction / African American & Black) and Non-Fiction (Non-Fiction / History / African American & Black) to look at not only the sales of books about Black history but also the sales of books with Black representation. Using SalesData, BookNet’s national sales tracking service for the Canadian English-language trade book market, we took a deeper look into the sales of Black titles i ..read more
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Podcast: Booksellers adapting, engaging, and thriving
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by BookNet Canada
1M ago
This month we’re bringing you a small taste of a Tech Forum presentation with booksellers from Little Ghosts Books, Cross & Crows Books, Cedar Canoe Books, and Analog Books Inc. where they share insights into their bookselling journeys, collaborative strategies with various partners, and their approach to online vs. in-person bookselling. (Scroll down for a transcript of the conversation.) Want to make sure you never miss an episode of the podcast? You can subscribe for free on Spotify, iTunes, Pocket Casts, TuneIn, or SoundCloud. Further reading/listening New store ..read more
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Buying banned books in Canada
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by Aline Zara
1M ago
It’s Freedom to Read week and we’re back with another instalment of our blog mini-series on banned books. Last time, we took a look at Canadians' interest in banned books and the way that publishers identify banned books in their book metadata keywords. In this blog post, we’re digging deeper into banned books by looking at the sales of banned books in Canada. Are Canadians buying these controversial titles? About the data In this blog series, we’re identifying books that are banned or controversial using the keywords that book publishers include in their ONIX book metadata. Like we explored ..read more
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