The Book Industry Study Group regularly releases new and updated guidelines for industry best practices in areas that address metadata, rights, subject codes, supply chain, and workflow issues. Our posts address these and other issues across five topic categories.
A BISG survey will help its rights committee assess publisher pain points with respect to interpreting royalty statements and reconciling transactions. Continue Reading
The BISG metadata committee has fielded reports about publishers needing an update on best practices for book exports. This post provides an overview of some useful resources. Continue Reading
Ahead of the fall season, BISG is surveying publishers to better understand plans for sourcing print capacity Continue Reading
Ingram, Baker & Taylor, Bowker, ProQuest (a part of Clarivate), BookNet Canada, and the Firebrand Group endorse a reminder of metadata best practices. Continue Reading
BISG adds six new members to its 14-member board of directors. Learn more about who is leading BISG into the future. Continue Reading
BISG launches a new survey to better understand the current state of metadata practices employed by North American publishers. Continue Reading
On receiving BISG's Industry Champion Award, Phil Madans reflected on what makes change possible in book publishing. Continue Reading
BISG's workflow committee has reviewed and updated a guide to best practices in creating fixed-layout ebooks. New content includes specific considerations of accessibility and platform requirements. Continue Reading
The BISG Board will honor Hederis with its Industry Innovator Award, recognizing the company's commitment to building "write-once, read-many workflows" that support multiple downstream use cases, including those meant for print-disabled audiences. Continue Reading
BISG honors Phil Madans' decades-long commitment to advancing core aspects of supply chain infrastructure, notably in areas that include identification and metadata. That work is evidenced in his concern and leadership around training a next generation of publishing professionals in data quality. Continue Reading
The Green Book Alliance has released its Printer-Publisher Sustainability Checklist, created to help foster discussions between publishers and printers around environmental sustainability in manufacturing books Continue Reading
The BISG board honors Jim Milliot's decades-long commitment to reporting on the book industry, both in its best moments and many of its most challenging, informing the industry at a time of continued change in the size, shape, and competitive nature of the business. Continue Reading
