Bar Coding & Distribution
BISG recommends bar coding and labeling guidelines for product bar codes (Bookland EAN & U.P.C), Shipping Labels, Product Labels, Pallet Headers, RFID tags and (coming soon) Q.R. codes.See below for more information.
BISG's Machine Readable Coding (MRC) Committee has developed a guide to mobile commerce for the book industry. Designed to be updatable and expandable as new information available, the guide provides practical information on how the book industry can take advantage of this rapidly evolving
Enables the simultaneous availability of new releases to consumers from all consumer purchasing sources
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Allows the identification of tagged items without a line of sight
An online FAQ resource
Rules for encoding price in the Bookland EAN barcode
Recommends standard practice to simplify the capture of data at all stages of shipping, warehousing and receiving and align the book industry with global trade
Provides a succinct and uniform way for publishers to communicate to their customers the contents on each pallet