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.
This has been a busy year for all of us in publishing and digital conversion, with the rapidly approaching June 28, 2025 deadline for complying with the European Accessibility Act. The Act itself is an overarching piece of EU law, which will be implemented within EU nations under individual... Continue Reading
In December 2023, the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) launched a new working group to examine the impact and potential applications of artificial intelligence (AI) within the book publishing industry. Since then, the AI Working Group, which reports to the Workflow Committee, has met to gather... Continue Reading
BISG’s 2024 Annual Meeting, “Everybody Wins: Rethinking How the Book Industry Communicates”, delivered a day packed with insight, direction, and hope for the book publishing community. The meeting discussed BISG strategy and initiatives in rights, supply chain, and BISAC subject codes. Continue Reading
By Andreas Stobberup of 2K/Denmark and Victor Milligan of Cairnbridge Advisers Margin expansion remains elusive in the book publishing industry—and it may get worse before it gets better. The more severe impacts of Covid have receded, hyper-inflation has eased, and most publishers have... Continue Reading
The Book Industry Study Group announced last month that the Industry Champion Award, which honors an individual whose efforts have advanced the publishing industry as a whole, will be given to Walter Mosley. Continue Reading
The Book Industry Study Group announced last month that Phil Ollila will be recognized with the Sally Dedecker Award for Lifetime Service at BISG's Annual Meeting on Friday, April 12 in New York City. Established in 2013 and named for one of BISG’s longtime volunteers and advocates, the... Continue Reading
BISG Announces Industry Award Honorees for 2024: Phil Ollila, Walter Mosley, and Scribd Will Be Recognized for Their Leadership Continue Reading
Every day, organizations and individuals seek rights and permissions for intellectual property whose owners are difficult to reach, ambiguous, or unknown. The supply chain for rights frustrates anyone trying to negotiate a fair deal, and globally, millions of dollars are left on the table each... Continue Reading
The Book Industry Study Group is pleased to formally announce the launch of a new working group on the adoption of ISNI in the US market, which will operate under the oversight of BISG's Metadata Committee."ISNI is the ISO certified global standard number for identifying the millions of... Continue Reading
Graphic designers, typesetters, type designers, and concept developers 2K/DENMARK joins the Book Industry Study Group. Continue Reading
This hybrid event will explore opportunities and convey the urgent need for a concerted collaborative effort to solve challenges in book rights. Continue Reading
Five seats are open for nominations from member organizations. Continue Reading
