BISG in the News

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• Beyond the Book Podcast - Albert Greco and Michael Healy
  06/16/08 - (Beyond the Book)

• Most Eyes Fall on Books, Not E-Readers
  06/03/08 - (Markets-Hub.com)

• Slower Growth Forecast for 2008
  06/02/08 - (Publishers Weekly)

• Distribution in the Digital Age
  06/01/08 - (Book Business Magazine)

• Gene Therapy: Innovation and Experimentation
  06/01/08 - (Book Business Magazine)

• Publishers Expect Book Sales to Stay Flat
  05/30/08 - (Associated Press)

• Troubled Book World is Going for Novel Ideas
  05/30/08 - (Los Angeles Times)

• Potter Was Still Magical, but Not All Books Rose
  05/30/08 - (The New York Times)

• The Download: Making Information Pay
  05/14/08 - (The Big Picture)

• Experimenting Pays Off, BISG Panelists Say
  05/09/08 - (Publishers Weekly)

• The Digital Market Is Here: What Does it Mean for Booksellers?
  05/01/08 - (Book Business Magazine)

• "The Digital Market Is Already Here" - BISG's Healy
  04/18/08 - (PNDirect)

• Results of the Industry's First-Ever Environmental Survey Released
  04/16/08 - (Book Business Magazine)

• LBF Updates: Green Panel Confirms Publishers' Commitments
  04/15/08 - (Publishers Weekly)

• Taking Chances
  04/14/08 - (Publishers Weekly)

• BISG Issues Landmark Environmental Trends Report
  04/09/08 - (ForeWord Magazine)

• BISG's New Interest Group
  03/20/08 - (ShelfAwareness)

• Book Industry Undergoing Green Transformation
  03/19/08 - (Environmental Leader)

• Pulp Fact: Books Publishing Gets Greener
  03/10/08 - (Associated Press)

• Study Measures Publising's Carbon Footprint at 12.4 Million Tons
  03/10/08 - (Publishers Weekly)

• Gene Therapy: Managing Workflow: How Top Publishers Keep Their Houses in Order
  03/01/08 - (Book Business Magazine)

• All To Play For
  02/08/08 - (PublishingNews)

• The 'Green' TEAM
  02/01/08 - (Book Business Magazine)

• Prospects for University Presses
  01/29/08 - (The Chronicle Review)

• Freed From the Page, but a Book Nonetheless
  01/27/08 - (The New York Times)

• Gene Therapy: From Book Proposal to Profit
  01/01/08 - (Book Business Magazine)

• SPECIAL REPORT: Embracing the 'Kindle Effect'
  01/01/08 - (Book Business Magazine)

• How Do You Know You Have the Right Book?
  12/12/07 - (ForeWord Magazine)

• Of Trends and Technology: What Does BISG Mean to "The Rest of Us"?
  12/01/07 - (PMA Independent)

• BISG's Annual Meeting: Data; Jan Nathan Remembered
  11/09/07 - (ShelfAwarenss)

December 2006

• Lucky Number 13
  12/29/06 - (The Book Standard)

• Counting Down to ISBN-13
  12/11/06 - (Publishers Weekly)

November 2006

• BISAC Okays New Bar Code Placement As ISBN-13 Nears
  11/30/06 - (Authorlink)

• New Bar Code Placement for Strippable Covers
  11/28/06 - (Evangelical Christian Publishers Association)

September 2006

• BISG Annual Meeting Signals Aggressive Role In the Industry
  09/13/06 - (ForeWord Magazine)

• BISG Hears New Director
  09/11/06 - (Publishers Lunch)

• BISG: Much Accomplished, Much To Do
  09/11/06 - (Shelf Awareness)

August 2006

• BISG Appoints Michael Healy New Executive Director
  08/30/06 - (ForeWord Magazine)

• New Executive Director for BISG
  08/29/06 - (The Book Standard)

• New BISG Head Picked
  08/29/06 - (Publishers Weekly)

• BISG Recruits Healy
  08/29/06 - (Publishers Lunch)

June 2006

• Wrong ISBN-13 Codes Reported
  06/22/06 - (Publishers Weekly)

• Fewer Textbook Sales, but Rising Revenue
  06/05/06 - (New York Times)

May 2006

• New Study Shows Steady Growth for Publishing Industry
  05/26/06 - (Book Business Magazine)

• Books a $35 Billion Industry, Reports BISG
  05/19/06 - (The Book Standard)

• For Book Publishing in '05, Harry Potter Worked Magic
  05/19/06 - (New York Times)

• Making Information Pay: Web Marketing
  05/06/06 - (Shelf Awareness)

• BISG Again Shows How to Make Information Pay Off
  05/03/06 - (ForeWord Magazine)

• Making Information Pay: IPG's Mid-list Miracles
  05/02/06 - (Shelf Awareness)

• Making Information Pay: POD and Ultra Short Runs
  05/01/06 - (Shelf Awareness)

• BISG - Not By Bestsellers Alone
  05/01/06 - (Subtext)

April 2006

• Making the Long Tail Pay
  04/28/06 - (Publishers Lunch)

• TRENDS 2006 Shows Small Pub Sales More Than Previously Estimated
  04/24/06 - (Bookselling This Week)

• TRENDS 2006 Shows Small Pub Sales More Than Previously Estimated
  04/24/06 - (Bookselling This Week)

• Making Information Pay - "Worth Getting Up an Hour Early"
  04/2006 - (VISTA Watch)

March 2006

• Analysis of the BISG Used Book Study
  03/2006 - (Idea Logical Speeches)

• Striking Thirteen
  03/01/06 - (Library Journal)

• E-Commerce Spurs Exploding Used-Book Market, Study Reports
  03/02/06 - (Bookselling This Week)

February 2006

• BISG Releases Complete Findings from Used-Book Study
  02/27/06 - (The Book Standard)

• The Smart Way to Send Book Information: An Introduction to ONIX
  02/2006 - (PMA Independent)

January 2006

• Standards Solutions: Labels That Cut Costs
  01/2006 - (PMA Independent)

• Clock Ticks on ISBN-13
  01/02/06 - (Publishers Weekly)

• The Da Vinci Bar Code
  01/02/06 - (Publishers Weekly)

December 2005

• ONIX Users Directory Online Now
  12/07/05 - (Shelf Awareness)

• ISBN-13 Update: Find Out Who's Done What
  12/2005 - (PMA Independent)

October 2005

• Big Year for BISG
  10/14/05 - (Publishers Weekly)

• Used Books Start to Shake Off Their Second-Class Image
  10/12/05 - (Christian Science Monitor)

• BISG Announces Landmark Used Book Study
  10/05/05 - (ForeWord Magazine)

• BISG Makes, Meets Higher Standards
  10/05/05 - (Shelf Awareness)

• Used and Abused
  10/06/05 - (theBookseller.com)

September 2005

• Used-Book Market Becoming Ever More Formidable
  09/30/05 - (The Book Standard)

• Industry Group Panel: Profits Hiding Behind Bar Codes
  09/30/05 - (The Book Standard)

• Used Book Study: A New Approach to Understanding the Market
  09/29/05 - (Bookselling This Week)

• Internet Grows as Factor in Used Book Business
  09/29/05 - (New York Times)

• Taking the Measure of Used Books
  09/28/05 - (Publishers Weekly)

• Study: Used Books are $2 Billion Industry
  09/28/05 - (Associated Press)

• Used Book Study
  09/28/05 - (Wall Street Journal)

• New Challenges for New BISG Team
  09/11/06 - (Publishers Weekly)

May 2005

• Adult Trade Fared Well -- In Contrast to Most Everything Else
  05/16/05 - (Publishers Lunch)

April 2005

• Bad Data Equals Lost Sales
  04/18/05 - (Publishers Weekly)

• Under the Radar: BISG Changes the Industry Financial Map
  04/13/05 - (ForeWord Magazine)

• Making Information Pay 2005
  04/13/05 - (ForeWord Magazine)

• BISG Conference: The Next Best Thing to Being There
  04/08/05 - (Publishers Lunch)

• Maybe Selling More Books is Easier Than We Thought
  04/07/05 - (Publishers Lunch)

• Study: Little-Known Publishers Profitable
  04/06/05 - (Associated Press)

• Under the Radar: A Preview of the New BISG Study of Small and Midsize Publishers
  04/2005 - (PMA Independent)

October 2004

• BISG Moves Forward On ISBN, Other Fronts
  10/11/04 - (Publishers Weekly)

• Brave New EDI World; BISG Finds Consensus
  10/01/04 - (Publishers Weekly)

• Gaining Approval for Two of Today’s Most Contentious Issues
  10/2004 - (Publishing Trends)

September 2004

• BISG Celebrates A Remarkable Turnaround
  09/29/04 - (ForeWord Magazine)

• Why BISG is Important to Publishers, Booksellers and Libraries
  09/29/04 - (ForeWord Magazine)