EDI Committee

BISG's EDI Committee creates the XML documents used by the U.S. book industry for online book selling and all other business transactions conducted over the Internet. The committee also maintains X12 EDI standards as they relate to the book industry.

For a list of committee members, please click here.

EDI Committee Chair
Doug Minett, The Bookshelf
bisac_scedi@bisg.org

Committee Initiatives
Sales & Tax Reporting Templates (revised December 2012)
Best Practices for Co-op Sales Reporting
EDItX XML Document Formats
X12 EDI
EDI Strategies for the Book Industry and the 13-digit ISBN

Committee Working Group
Sales & Tax Reporting Working Group

Sales & Tax Reporting Working Group

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The Sales & Tax Reporting Working Group focuses on the development of a common set of best practice sales reporting elements for both print and digital products. Spurred on by the lack of industry guidance surrounding content and structure for standardized sales reporting, as well as the continued growth of digital products and the creation of the Agency Model for reporting sales, The EDI Committee undertook the formation of this Working Group to address this critical need.

In June 2011, after review and approval by the BISG membership and Board of Directors, the final flat file (Excel) and XML versions of the sales report templates, along with corresponding documentation for reporting sales tax, were published. They were extensively revised and republished in December 2012. Click here to download the published documents.

Sales & Tax Reporting Working Group Chair
Francis Cave, EDItEUR

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