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June 2008
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)
May 2008
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)
April 2008
"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)
March 2008
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)
February 2008
All To Play For 02/08/08 - (PublishingNews)
The 'Green' TEAM 02/01/08 - (Book Business Magazine)
January 2008
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)
December 2007
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)
November 2007
BISG's Annual Meeting: Data; Jan Nathan Remembered 11/09/07 - (ShelfAwarenss)
June 2007
979 ISBN Prefixes Debut in Early 2008 06/07/07 - (The Book Standard)
"979" ISBN Prefixes to Appear in Early 2008 06/06/07 - (Bookselling This Week)
BISG TRENDS 2007: Book Industry in "Good Shape" 06/06/07 - (Bookselling This Week)
Sales Barely Up, Book Trade Yearns for Next Blockbuster 06/01/07 - (New York Times)
Future Book Sales Look Flat 06/01/07 - (Associated Press)
BISG Releases TRENDS 2007; US Publishing a $35.69 Billion Industry 06/01/07 - (The Book Standard)
BISG to Release Book Industry TRENDS 2007 06/01/07 - (Book Business Magazine)
May 2007 It Paid to Attend "Making Information Pay" 5/31/07 - (VISTA Watch) Digital Book Distribution, Standards Gain Momentum 05/17/07 - (Authorlink) You, Over There In The Choir! We’re Preaching 05/13/07 - (Book Square) Digital Demands 05/11/07 - (ShelfAwarenss) Publishers Search For Standards, Tipping Points 5/11/07 - (Publishers Weekly) Whose Your Dad? 05/10/07 - (Publishers Lunch)
It Paid to Attend "Making Information Pay" 5/31/07 - (VISTA Watch)
Digital Book Distribution, Standards Gain Momentum 05/17/07 - (Authorlink)
You, Over There In The Choir! We’re Preaching 05/13/07 - (Book Square)
Digital Demands 05/11/07 - (ShelfAwarenss)
Publishers Search For Standards, Tipping Points 5/11/07 - (Publishers Weekly)
Whose Your Dad? 05/10/07 - (Publishers Lunch)
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)
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)