Working
to create a more informed, empowered, and efficient book industry
supply chain.
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.
New Developments BookExpo America Presentations Available!
BISG presented two special sessions during BookExpo America in New York City:
Print on Demand For Dummies®: Demystifying the Business of Print on Demand and BISG
Presents Book Industry TRENDS 2009. View Presentations
EVENTS
NEWS
Save the Date!
BISG Annual Meeting of Members
September 9, 2009
The Yale Club of New York
The Changing
Standards Landscape
An Annual Standards Forum Co-Hosted by NISO
July 10, 2009 | Chicago, IL | @ ALA Conference Register London
Book Fair April 19, 2009 |
London
BISG presented April 19th at the London Book Fair during a half-day
session looking at America's
Changing Reader:
Strategies for Digital
Publishing
in a Time of Uncertainty. More
Information
The first 979-prefixed ISBN registration group element, 979-10, has been
assigned. This will lead to the appearance of 979-prefix ISBNs in the international book supply chain. Click here
to learn more.
Two Publishers Re-certifiedMacMillan
joins the growing number of publishers certified under BISG's Product
Data Certification Program. Hachette Book Group and Waterford Press
become the first companies to earn certification two years in a row. More Information on PDCP
CPSIA UPDATE
Legislation to exempt ordinary books put forward. Click
here to learn more.
As
part of the ongoing release of ONIX 3.0, EDItEUR has published an
introduction to ONIX 3.0, which provides a summary of the main changes
between version 2.1 and 3.0 Click here
to view the document.
A standard format
used to distribute electronic information about books.
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.
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