BookNet blog

  • To kick off our blog series on improving your ONIX 3.0 data, Tom Richardson explores Collections, including how it works, why it matters, and how to know if you’ve screwed up. If you work with book metadata, make sure to read this post and help make the world a better place for data traders.

  • This is the first in a series exploring the differences between ONIX 2.1 and 3.0, and how to navigate your metadata through the transition. In this first installment, Data Guru Tom Richardson explains why and how data traders ought to adopt ONIX 3.0, and gives an overview of the topics he’ll be covering this summer.

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    Wherein we extol the virtues of a Canadian ecommerce success story, and introduce you to Bookstore Builder, our new BiblioShare Shopify app.

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    Judging a book by its CSS

    Show your ebooks a little love with CSS.  Guest blogger Iris Amelia Febres, Director of Solutions Architecture at Aptara, explains how CSS can help you create better ebooks.

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    How do conversion architectures work, how do they apply to current and future book content models, and what can publishers be doing now to market and sell content in different ways? Brian O’Leary, founder and principal of Magellan Media Consulting and Tech Forum presenter, explains.

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    What does it take to make digital content truly accessible? It involves proper planning, testing, and ensuring that accessibility isn’t just an afterthought. Jean Kaplansky, an experienced technology trainer, developer, and solutions architect, gives us the what, why, and how.

  • On December 31, ONIX 2.1 is making like a cowboy and riding off into the sunset after 11 great years on the metadata ranch. If you send or receive ONIX, it’s likely that you have questions. Get your answers here!