Welcome
to the Book Industry Study Group, Inc.
Working
to create a more informed, empowered, and efficient book industry
supply chain.
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The
Book
Industry Study Group, Inc. (BISG) is the
U.S. book industry's leading trade association for research and supply
chain standards and policies. Our
member-driven organization uniquely
represents all segments of our industry from publishers to booksellers,
paper manufacturers, libraries, authors, printers, and wholesalers, as
well as organizations concerned with the book industry as a whole. For
30 years, BISG has provided a forum for industry professionals to come
together and efficiently address issues and concerns to improve and
advance the book community.
 Product Data Certification Progam (PDCP) Launched
Congratulations to Hachette Book Group USA, Simon & Schuster, and Waterford Press, the first companies
certified under BISG's new program! Find out how your organization's
product data measures up to the Metadata Best Practices. Click here to get certified.
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 Making
Information Pay 2008
From Experimentation to
Innovation in the Digital Age
May 9, 2008
McGraw-Hill Auditorium, NYC
Click
here
to register!
 U Connect Conference
June 9-12, 2008
Click
here to learn more!
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more...
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 RELEASED: March 2008 Edition of the BISG Bulletin
Click here to view the PDF.
979-Prefixed
ISBNs to Appear Early in 2008
New
BISG Committee to Create Standards for
Digital Content
BISG's
Calendar of Events
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more...
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EAN
Transition Website
The
deadline for the 2005 Sunrise initiative has passed. Is your
company ready?
BISAC
Subject Headings, 2007 Edition
A
standard used by many companies throughout the supply chain to
categorize books based on topical content.
EDI
(Electronic Data Interchange)
Document
formats for XML and X12 EDI transactions.
ONIX
(Online Information Exchange)
A standard format
used to distribute electronic information about books.
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