How do all the moving pieces of the Canadian supply chain work together to get books from editors' desks into readers' hands? From metadata to shipment notices and from consumer behaviour to sales analysis, BookNet Canada's Noah Genner provides a detailed overview and explains how BookNet serves as the supply chain's nerve centre.

8. Technology innovation and
supply chain efficiency in
the Canadian book industry

9. “the book industry's supply
chain nerve centre”
- The Globe and Mail

16. cost reductions
standardization
visibility

17. increased efficiencies
improved customer
service

18. Reduced costs
Improved marketing
reach
Better decision-support

19. easier to provide good customer service
simpler to source and purchase books
easier to promote books
better visibility into how books are selling
minimizing costly errors, returns
keeping in-demand books in available

20. More effort and energy to
the production of new
cultural works
Less to inefficient
processes and practices

21. desire to see efforts and benefits
extend to all players
big & small
established & emerging
foreign & domestic

22. coordination
collaboration
a central clearinghouse of
information
honest broker

24. • EDI (Electronic Data Interchange):
networked orders, returns & invoices
• bibliographic data standards &
certification
• sales tracking & inventory analysis
• online catalogues
• research

26. EDI
Bibliographic
Subject Schemes
BISAC
Thema
Identifiers
ISBN/ISNI/ISTC
Others…
Epub/GDSN/SAN

27. BISG (US)
Metadata
Subjects
Supply-chain (EDI)
Identifiers
Editeur
ONIX International Steering Committee
Thema International Steering Committee

47. Public Libraries

48. Public Libraries

49. Public Libraries

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53. anecdata

54. The usage of multiple points of
anecdotal data to confirm any
stipulation, often used to "prove"
pseudo-scientific claims
- urbandictionary.com

59. #’s

61. 2,100+ retail locations

62. Quantity Sold
On Hand
On Order
Average Sale Price

63. ~85% of Cdn. book sales

64. 2,623,459 ISBNs

65. 581,769 ISBNs

69. Source: Nielsen BookScan and PubTrack Digital

86. Source: authorearnings.com

90. 3 million +

92. techforum.booknetcanada.ca