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  • Tech Forum 2016: Keynotes, speakers, and session sneak peeks – oh my!

    Tech Forum 2016: Keynotes, speakers, and session sneak peeks – oh my!

    Tech Forum 2016: Keynotes, speakers, and session sneak peeks – oh my!

    We reveal one of our top-secret a keynote speakers, and four more of the coolest industry professionals around who will be dropping some knowledge at Tech Forum 2016! Keep scrolling to see some of the sessions you can attend!

  • So you think you can code?
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    So you think you can code?

    So you think you can code?

    Do you want to prove that you are an ebook design superstar? This year at ebookcraft we have a contest with your name on it, not to mention some pretty sweet prizes up for grabs!

  • What do the new YA BISAC codes mean for BNC products?

    What do the new YA BISAC codes mean for BNC products?

    What do the new YA BISAC codes mean for BNC products?

    Nervous about how the new young adult BISAC codes are going to impact your data and your BookNet data services? Don’t be, we’re ready when you are.

  • Introducing the BISAC subject headings: 2015 edition

    Introducing the BISAC subject headings: 2015 edition

    Introducing the BISAC subject headings: 2015 edition

    YA is really shaking up the BISAC world with an important announcement today! YA and juvenille have officially split. Read on to discover changes that impact every level of the supply chain and what you can be doing to transition!

  • Educational standards in metadata

    Patricia Payton delivers an outstanding follow up guest blog to her educational standards webinar. Learn which four components are key in educational metadata.

  • What’s in a box?

    Subscription boxes are like a fun mystery grab bag full of books and book related goodies delivered right to your door every month. We speculate about their impact on the Canadian supply chain and if we will we be seeing more of them in the future.

  • ONIX 2.1 to 3.0: Markets and Supply

    Graduating your data from ONIX 2.1 to 3.0: The series continues! Tom talks about important changes to Markets and Supply, introduces us all to the new “blocks” system, and sheds some light on why it’s important to monitor your data for change (you could end up seeing dead people).</p>

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    Read an eBook Day: Celebrate with 5 facts about ebooks in Canada

    September 18th is International Read an eBook Day and we are celebrating the only way we know how: with copious amounts of research!

  • ONIX 2.1 to 3.0: Sales Rights

    Continuing our series of blog posts on graduating your data from ONIX 2.1 to 3.0, Tom talks about Sales Rights and introduces some changes in the handling of territory statements, as well as a new element that helps reduce ambiguity. 

  • ONIX 3.0: Schema getting stricter

    If you produce ONIX files, you should be aware that EDItEUR’s schema validation, which is used to ensure your data is loadable and readable by data receivers, is about to get stricter. You can find out how to get ready by reading all about it here.