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Spotlight: Walter Mosley, Winner of the 2024 Industry Champion Award
Spotlight: Walter Mosley, Winner of the 2024 Industry Champion Award

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

Postedby Brooke Horn
Date posted04/8/2024


Spotlight: Phil Ollila, Winner of the 2024 Sally Dedecker Award for Lifetime Service
Spotlight: Phil Ollila, Winner of the 2024 Sally Dedecker Award for Lifetime Service

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

Postedby Brooke Horn
Date posted04/2/2024


BISG Announces Industry Award Honorees for 2024
BISG Announces Industry Award Honorees for 2024

BISG Announces Industry Award Honorees for 2024: Phil Ollila, Walter Mosley, and Scribd Will Be Recognized for Their Leadership Continue Reading

Postedby Brooke Horn
Date posted03/19/2024


BISG Recaps "Doing Rights Right"
BISG Recaps "Doing Rights Right"

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

Postedby Brooke Horn
Date posted02/27/2024


BISG Launches New Working Group on ISNI
BISG Launches New Working Group on ISNI

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

Postedby Brooke Horn
Date posted02/20/2024


BISG welcomes six new directors
BISG welcomes six new directors

BISG adds six new members to its 14-member board of directors. Learn more about who is leading BISG into the future. Continue Reading

Postedby Brian F. O'Leary
Date posted07/17/2023


BISG Launches a New Metadata Practices Study
BISG Launches a New Metadata Practices Study

BISG launches a new survey to better understand the current state of metadata practices employed by North American publishers. Continue Reading

Postedby Brian F. O'Leary
Date posted06/27/2023


"Making the industry’s life easier"
"Making the industry’s life easier"

On receiving BISG's Industry Champion Award, Phil Madans reflected on what makes change possible in book publishing. Continue Reading

Postedby Phil Madans
Date posted05/29/2023


Hederis To Receive BISG's Industry Innovator Award
Hederis To Receive BISG's Industry Innovator Award

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

Postedby Brian F. O'Leary
Date posted03/21/2023


HBG's Phil Madans to Receive BISG's Industry Champion Award
HBG's Phil Madans to Receive BISG's Industry Champion Award

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

Postedby Brian F. O'Leary
Date posted03/15/2023


Green Book Alliance Releases New "Sustainability Checklist"
Green Book Alliance Releases New "Sustainability Checklist"

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

Postedby Brian F. O'Leary
Date posted03/14/2023


PW Editor Jim Milliot to Receive BISG's Lifetime Service Award
PW Editor Jim Milliot to Receive BISG's Lifetime Service Award

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

Postedby Brian F. O'Leary
Date posted03/7/2023