The next generation of Books In Print® is waiting for you!
Bowker welcomed the next generation of Books In Print in January and urged customers to prepare to make the switch.
With the All-New Books In Print, you can search the marketplace, find the right titles, and connect with the vendor that's right for you.
Books In Print is the smart and good-looking choice for libraries, booksellers, publishers, and other information professionals. The new Books in Print combines the valuable content and search tools you've always relied upon, with new features and tools to foster professional research, provide bookseller information, assist with publisher tracking, and fill patron needs – all through a user-friendly interface.
Search: Unprecedented search capabilities
Search everything in the market from books, e-books, audio books to videos, through the single Google-like search box. With the new "FRBRization" tool result lists are easier to review.
Discover: Built-in word cloud and social media technology
Discover more of what you like with all-new visual display and social media features built into Books In Print, such as the word cloud. With My Discoveries, users can make lists, tag items, rate them, and write their own reviews.
Connect: Find favorite authors, genres, and purchase points
Used every day by thousands of book professionals and library patrons, Books In Print allows users to make connections and search with 50 or more data elements such as: author, genre, and price. Learn how to make the switch today!
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Industry News
Full digital content
Bowker has been working on a project to index the full content of a book in order to benefit book buyers and readers. Up to now, we have been indexing content, such as book summaries, sample chapters, tables of contents, author biographies and keywords.
The full digital content extract program enables the complete content of a work to be indexed. Key phrases will be identified and facets such as time, place, and setting will be tagged. All of this work will allow our users of Bowker® Syndetic Solutions and Bowker® Books In Print, librarians, retailers, and school systems to find titles with higher precision.
This project supports all English speaking languages. In the US, we are contacting all market segments. In the UK and Canada we are focusing on trade and higher education publishers.
For each title, Bowker's indexing will:
- Identify keywords and phrases
- Assign relevancy and frequency scores to each keyword
- Tags keywords by facet, such as person, place, or thing
- Classify general subject, audience, and reading levels
See more.
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E-book readers are buying more but spending less according to the Book Industry Study Group's (BISG) Consumer Attitudes Toward E-book Reading
Other key findings include:
- Retirees (who have time to read) lag behind the fully employed in e-book purchases
- Income is a more important factor than discretionary time; those earning >$50K represent a higher proportion of e-book buyers
- Urban readers buy the most e-books, even though rural buyers say they benefit more from the easy access in this format
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75% of college students prefer print to e-texts according to the Book Industry Study Group's (BISG) Student Attitudes Toward Content in Higher Education
Other key findings include:
- Students are seeking value and lower prices with many using either previous editions or international editions
- E-textbook use is growing moderately
- Piracy is prevalent with >40% reporting that either they or a friend have purchased a textbook from a pirated website
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More than 80% of children's book purchases weren't planned, according to the Children's Book Consumer in the Digital Age study
Go here for more information.
In this study you will learn:
- The evolving role of bookstores and libraries in children's book choices
- The relative power of influencers
- Key activities of teen consumers
- Attitudes toward e-book adoption
- And much more...
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PubEasy School eStore Makes Purchasing Digital eLearning Resources simple for Teachers and Parents
Visit the eStore.
Teachers and parents can access digital teaching guides, work plans, lesson plans, and more, online anytime at the PubEasy School eStore. Browse digital materials from over 200+ top publishers in K-12 education. Download your books seamlessly and start enjoying your materials right away! You can print out your materials to use, or save paper by keeping it on your computer and only printing out what you need. Read more.
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Bowker Manuscript Submissions is an online manuscript submission service for authors wanting to present their book proposals to the leading publishers in the industry. Some of the benefits of BowkerManuscriptSubmissions.com are:
- Promote your manuscript idea to multiple publishers with one click
- Allow publishers to easily locate manuscript submissions they are most interested in publishing
- Connect with industry professionals to refine your manuscript
The site gives authors a chance to step into the spotlight, and helps publishers easily sort through the "slush pile" of manuscripts they receive to find the next bestseller. BMS provides a no-cost solution for publishers to find exactly what they're looking for. Based on the highly successful Christian Manuscript Submissions service, BMS provides authors a significantly more cost-efficient method for submitting a manuscript to multiple publishers, while editors gain electronic tools to quickly and effectively sift many submissions based on specific search criteria.
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Identifier Services from Bowker offers a host of discovery services and solutions to make titles more discoverable.
At Bowker Identifier Services, we've made the process easier with new tools and resources detailing how you can purchase and assign book "identifiers" such as ISBNs, SANs, Widgets, bar codes, and more all in one place.
https://www.myidentifiers.com
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About Bowker
Bowker is the world's leading provider of bibliographic information management solutions designed to help publishers, booksellers, and libraries better serve their customers. The company is focused on developing various tools and products that make books easier for people to discover, evaluate, order, and experience, as well as providing services to publishers that help them better understand and meet the interests of readers worldwide. Bowker is a member of the ProQuest® family of companies and is headquartered in New Providence, NJ, USA, with additional operations in the United Kingdom and Australia.
http://www.bowker.com
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