Just how many books are written by Canadian authors, anyway? In this episode we take look at why identifying Canadian contributors in book metadata matters for the industry — the work it involves, the impact it has across the supply chain, and how we can measure that change.

(Find the transcript here: https://www.booknetcanada.ca/blog/2022/4/26/podcast-why-identifying-canadian-contributors-still-matters)

Further reading/listening:

- The Canadian Book Market 2021:https://www.booknetcanada.ca/canadian-book-market

- Canadian authors: The whys and hows of identifying them in your data: https://www.booknetcanada.ca/blog/2020/5/26/canadian-authors-the-whys-and-hows-of-identifying-them-in-your-data

- Identifying Canadian Authorship: https://booknetcanada.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/UserDocs/pages/1378508/Identifying+Canadian+Authorship

- Easier with BookNet: Calculating your store's Canadian contributor sales: https://www.booknetcanada.ca/blog/2022/4/5/easier-with-booknet-calculating-your-stores-canadian-contributor-sales

- Promoting Canadian books: An interview with 49th Shelf: https://www.booknetcanada.ca/blog/2021/11/29/podcast-promoting-canadian-books-an-interview-with-49th-shelf