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You worked hard on creating the perfect children’s book for your audience, but are you including the 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 metadata to get it discovered by parents?? Read more

BookSmarts Podcast (ep. 44): Tyler Carey on the Modern Challenges of Publisher Workflows Tyler Carey is the Chief Revenue Officer of Westchester Publishing Services, LLC and has worked in publishing and technology for over 20 years. He joins us on the BookSmarts Podcast to discuss how Westchester Publishing Services helps… Read more

Ready to give your audiobooks the spotlight they deserve!? 🎧📚 Learn how to boost audiobook sales and visibility with enhanced metadata from our metadata expert, Joshua Tallent. Read more

Everything You Need to Know About the 2024 Publishing Innovation Forum As book publishing professionals, we all rely on constant adaptation and innovation to thrive in an evolving publishing landscape. That’s why the Firebrand Group is presenting the Publishing Innovation Forum– designed for the ENTIRE publishing industry. What exactly is… Read more

Metadata Minute (Issue #8)Ebook Metadata Essentials The Metadata Minute is your monthly guide to boosting book sales and visibility by mastering metadata elements! Whether you’re an author, publisher, marketer, or industry enthusiast, “Metadata Minute” has something to offer everyone. 🔍What to expect: Insights from industry experts Tips and techniques to… Read more

  Marika Flatt is the owner and founder of PR by the Book, an Austin, Texas-based publicity firm. She is a regular speaker in the book industry regarding marketing and publicity and joins us on the BookSmarts Podcast to discuss book publicity tips for both publishers and self-published authors, as… Read more

Ready to give your audiobooks the spotlight they deserve!? 🎧📚 Learn how to boost audiobook sales and visibility with enhanced metadata from our metadata expert, Joshua Tallent. Read more

As BookNet Canada’s ONIX subject specialist, Tom joins the BookSmarts Podcast to discuss ONIX best practices in detail, as well as some of the issues seen with how sales rights and market data is being delivered from a Canadian perspective. Read more

Knowing the difference between different types of metadata can help deepen your understanding of a buyer’s journey. 📚 Learn about qualitative and quantitative metadata from our metadata expert, Joshua Tallent. Read more

As BookNet Canada’s ONIX subject specialist, Tom joins the BookSmarts Podcast to discuss ONIX best practices in detail, as well as some of the issues seen with how sales rights and market data is being delivered from a Canadian perspective. Read more

How long should your book description actually be? 📚 How do you write book descriptions that entice viewers to purchase? Here are some tips from our metadata expert, Joshua Tallent, to help you boost sales with your book description! Read more

According to a report released by the American Library Association, Gen Z and Millennials are visiting public libraries at higher rates than previous generations, and also prefer print books over other formats. Dr. Kathi Inman Berens and Dr. Rachel Noorda from Portland State University authored this annual survey to capture how these younger generations read and discover books. Read more

In order to test our new service, Flywheel, and ensure its success, we partnered with publishers over the course of the last two years to gather data that proves we can do what we say we can—which is choosing the right titles at the right time to optimize their overall potential. Read more

Victoria Sutherland is the Founder and Publisher of Foreword Magazine, Inc., and Director of Children’s Books USA. She joins the BookSmarts Podcast to discuss how Foreword Magazine can help smaller, independent publishers with their marketing endeavors. Read more