The Book Publishers Association of Alberta is pleased to announce an upcoming webinar: How did we end up here?: An overview of the book design process, featuring Alan Brownoff, Derek Evernden, Kate Hargreaves, and Natalie Olsen. Through case studies focusing on fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and comic collections, this panel of design professionals will guide us
The Book Publishers Association of Alberta is pleased to announce an upcoming webinar: Diversity of Reading: Accessing, Reading and Navigating with Assistive Technologies Workshop presented by the National Network for Equitable Library Service (NNELS). Since 2016, NNELS has provided accessibility audits and workshops for independent Canadian publishers, to assist them in creating EPUB files that
The Book Publishers Association of Alberta is pleased to announce an upcoming webinar: ELending: A Case for Endorsement presented by Sharon Day. The presentation examines the “ELending Position Paper: A Case for Endorsement” compiled by Readers First. Neither libraries nor publishers are satisfied with the license terms currently applied to books in eFormats. We are
The Book Publishers Association of Alberta is pleased to announce an upcoming panel webinar: What’s the deal? What have we agreed to?: Exploring publisher agreements and contracts, featuring Glenn Rollans (Brush Education), Karen Clark (University of Regina Press), Marilyn Biderman (Transatlantic Agency), and Matt Williams (House of Anansi). This panel of industry professionals will give
The Book Publishers Association of Alberta is pleased to announce an upcoming webinar: Social Media Branding, presented by Joe Whitbread of Jo(e) Social Media. Social media communication and public relations has never been more important for professionals, yet so many are just there without motive or skill. So many channels, so little time. Joe Whitbread
Based on the Rocky Mountain Books workflow management system, Don will walk participants through the process he uses to manage: Acquisitions Contracts Metadata creation Editorial and Design coordination Production coordination Sales and Marketing coordination This session will be perfect for small to mid-sized publishers. RMB publishes 20–30 books a year (plus reprints) and this process
The Book Publishers Association of Alberta is pleased to announce an upcoming webinar: kinisitohtên cî: Do you understand? : Moving beyond colonialism in editing, presented by Chelsea Vowel. For generations, Indigenous authors have been forced to reshape their words and stories to be legible to a non-Indigenous audience. Increasingly this practice is shifting as Indigenous
The Alberta Magazine Publishers Association and the Book Publishers Association of Alberta, with the support of the Alberta Cultural Industries Association, are pleased to present a workshop on fostering inclusive and respectful workplaces. This half-day workshop will help participants build awareness about the importance of creating safe workplaces, and how to promptly and proactively address
Whether it’s licensing titles to other publishers or producing audiobooks yourselves, this workshop will give you detailed information on how it’s done. We’ll cover working with your authors, licensing publishers, narrators, studios and more, as well as marketing and distribution. Some of the topics to be discussed: How the audiobook production process works and what
The 2018 Book Publishers Association of Alberta Conference and Annual General Meeting will be held September 14 and 15 2018 at the Hotel Arts in Calgary, Alberta. The conference provides an opportunity for Alberta book publishers to meet, network, and develop their professional skills. Registration is now open through Eventbrite. Conference registration includes: access to