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BISG at BookExpo America 2007

Thursday, May 31, 2007
9:30 AM to 10:50 AM

In 2007, BISG presented four special sessions during BookExpo America in New York City, including "Supply Chain 101: Toward a More Profitable Bottom Line", "BISG Presents Book Industry TRENDS 2007", "Climate Change: The Environment and Book Publishing" and "The Business Case for RFID in Book Stores: It Works!". Session descriptions are below.

Supply Chain 101:
Toward a More Profitable Bottom Line

Thursday, May 31, 2007
2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m
Room 1E02

How you handle your supply chain can help -- or hurt -- your bottom line. During this session, members of the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) will share insight into the standards and best practices which have increased their profitability and productivity. Topics will include product identification -- ISBN-13 and beyond, data quality, EDI, RFID, shipping labels and other savvy ways of lowering your costs while still growing your business.

Remember: it's of little consequence how brilliant your books are if your potential customers and business partners can't find them in the supply chain.

Moderator:

• Michael Healy, Executive Director, Book Industry Study Group
  Presentation

Speakers:

• Joe Gonnella, VP, Inventory Management & Vendor Relations, Barnes and Noble
  Presentation | Transcript
• David Hogue, Director of Merchandising, Baker & Taylor
  Presentation
• Lynn Dilger, VP, Director of Technology, Sourcebooks
  Presentation
• Craig Bauer, VP of Global Sourcing, Houghton Mifflin
  Presentation

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Climate Change:
The Environment and Book Publishing

Friday, June 1, 2007
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Room 1E02

This Green Press Initiative sponsored discussion, moderated by BISG, detailed what every segment of the book business can and should be doing to help solve one of the biggest problems in our near future. Book industry leaders discussed strategies for reducing their negative impact on the environment and explained how you can use them profitably too.

Moderator:
Michael Healy, Executive Director, Book Industry Study Group

Speakers:

• Tyson Miller, Director, Green Press Initiative
  Presentation
• Andrew Van Der Laan, Director of Production Planning, Random House
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• Shona Burns, VP Production, Chronicle Books
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• Dave Weich, Director of Marketing, Powell's Books
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BISG Presents Book Industry TRENDS 2007

Friday, June 1, 2007
1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Room 1E03

Attendees at this session received a first look at the most comprehensive coverage of book sales by U.S. publishers. The session previewed the newest edition of BISG's flagship research publication: Book Industry TRENDS 2007, providing details concerning the overall size of the book market and growth projections for 2007 through 2011.

Speakers:

• Albert Greco, Fordham University and The Institute for Publishing Research
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• Robert Wharton, Fordham University and The Institute for Publishing Research
• Jeff Hayes, InfoTrends

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The Business Case for RFID in Book Stores:
It Works!

Saturday, June 2, 2007
9:30 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.
Room 1E06

In July 2006, BGN, the largest bookstore chain in Holland, implemented an RFID pilot -- placing improved-technology Gen2 tags not on cartons but on each individual book. BGN's aim was not to be on the leading edge of a technology, but rather to achieve the following business goals:

• increase sales,
• empower customers, and
• transform the selling floor.

Having exceeded business expectations on all counts in six months, while protecting the privacy of their customers, BGN is now implementing item-level tagging its trade bookstores across the Netherlands.
Join the CEO of BGN, Mathijs van der Lely, and a panel of industry experts to learn about item-level RFID in book retail, and the potential for this technology to increase sales and improve processes in your business and across the publishing supply chain.

Moderator:

• Jim Lichtenberg, Lightspeed, LLC, Chair, BISG/ALA RFID Working Group
  Presentation | Article: Our Long and Winding (& Costly!) Supply Chain

Speaker:

• Mathijs van der Lely, CEO, BGN Bookstores
  Presentation

Panelist/Respondents:

• Stuart Mowat, VP, Information Systems & Technology, Simon & Schuster
• Livia Bitner, VP, Technical Services & Product Development, Baker & Taylor
• Christopher Platt, Coordinator, Collection Development, Queens Public Library

location:
Jacob K. Javits Center
New York, NY

For details email: Angela Bole
Phone: 646-336-7141

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