Tim Middleton—BookNet’s Project Manager, Retail Liaison, and Official Halloween Candy Supplier—took to the streets on October 30th to take part in Toronto’s first annual Startup Open House. And of course, we never let Tim take a field trip without reporting back on his findings…
PubFight 2014: People's Choice Poll
There’s no rush quite like the one you get from the start of a new PubFight season. The thrill of outbidding everyone for the new hockey memoir, the anticipation of setting your initial print runs, the panicked scramble to reprint when a title on your list becomes a crossover hit and you’re caught with an empty warehouse.
BookNet’s fantasy publishing league is open to anyone with SalesData access. But if you don’t have SalesData access, or you missed this year’s registration deadline, all is not lost!
BookCampTO Is Upon Us
If you’re in Toronto this Saturday, you won’t want to miss BookCamp, the annual publishing “unconference” brought to us by the party people—er, I mean consummate publishing professionals—at CanBPA. BookNet is a proud sponsor of BookCampTO, so I hope to see you there!
There are over fifteen sessions to choose from this year, and I know I for one always have a hard time choosing which sessions to attend (though luckily, the unconference setup allows for some session-hopping!). Just in case you’re in the same boat, I asked some of this year’s presenters to dish the dirt on what they’ll be discussing in their coveted speaking slots. Happy BookCamping!
National Forum on the Literary Arts
Last week I had the opportunity to attend the National Forum on the Literary Arts hosted by the Canada Council in Montreal. The forum brought together ~250 participants from the literary arts from across Canada to discuss a future vision for Canadian literature. Participants came from an array of professions; authors, editors, librarians, literary agents, government organizations, educators, media, storytellers, publishers, booksellers (I think?) and association staff were all present. The purpose was to get a variety of different views on how digital change is affecting the ‘literary milieu.
Working for Your Data
#CMPTO Wrap-Up: Attention to Retail
Thanks to everyone who made it out to the last Code Meet Print Toronto of 2013! We had three fantastic presentations from engaging entrepreneurs who made time in their busy holiday schedules to tell us about their consumer-focused initiatives.
Tech Forum & ebookcraft Mini-FAQ
#CMPTO Attention to Retail
It’s our last Code Meet Print TO of the year, and we’re turning our attention to those who work up an especially good sweat in December: retailers! We also have a brand new venue for this round, the lovely Hotel Ocho.
ebookcraft Sneak Peek
The New Reading Experience: BiB IV
Last week at Books in Browsers IV, Baldur Bjarnason gave a talk titled Interactivity Is What You Do that I kept referring back to over the two days of sessions. He pointed out that interactive media isn’t what you watch, hear or read, but is “composed of the meaningful actions the user takes while interacting with your work.”
There are two affirming ideas in this statement. One is that “meaningful actions” has a wide enough scope to include all behaviour. Second is that producers of interactive works build an entire experience, not simply an object, for an audience.