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.
 BOOK
INDUSTRY TRENDS 2008
An authoritative and indispensable tool that all sectors of the book
industry need to stay on top of business today and tomorrow.
-Click
here to order your copy now!
-View the press
release.
-View the TRENDS
preview presented at BookExpo America 2008.
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StartwithXML
Survey and Conference
Selected survey results available.
Click
here
to see what our publisher survey revealed about attitudes towards and
current practices in XML. For additional details and to register for
the January Conference, click
here. BISG members attend at a discounted rate!
BISG Annual Meeting of
Members 2008
September 12, 2008
Presentations available now! Click
here to view.
Making
Information Pay 2008
Click
here to view presentations or order case studies!
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more...
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 RELEASED:
October 2008 Edition of the BISG Bulletin
Click
here to view the PDF.
GDSN for Books Gets Closer
Volunteers from across the industry are being recruited for the GDSN
Books Extension Work Group (WG). For more information on GDSN
and the Working Group, click here.
Annual Report for FY 2008
Released!
Click here to
view the PDF.
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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A new document that can improve the
accuracy of a vendor's data throughout the supply chain.
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more...
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