Details about the 2025 Frankfurt Rights Meeting conference, with a special offer for BISG members! Continue Reading
Join us for the latest update on BISG's proposed standard for translation rights royalty statements. Continue Reading
This year’s NISO x BISG Forum at ALA, Accessibility Standards and the Future of Inclusive Publishing, will examine how evolving standards are shaping the development, distribution, and discoverability of accessible content. Continue Reading
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) is conducting a new survey developed by our AI Working Group to better understand how artificial intelligence (AI) is currently being used—and how it’s likely to shape the future—across the North American book publishing supply chain. From... Continue Reading
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG), through its Rights Committee led by Kris Kliemann, has launched Find a Rightsholder, a new tool to help users locate rights and permissions contacts for U.S. and U.K. publishers. This searchable database includes over 3,500 imprints—active, inactive, and defunct Continue Reading
At its most recent meeting, the BISG board reviewed progress against the strategic plan, discussed a proposed change in member dues policies that will be voted on in July, and considered the results of an annual board self-assessment. Continue Reading
BISG's Industry Innovator Award recognizes an organization or individual who boldly reimagines what publishing is and can be. Continue Reading
As U.S. tariffs are introduced, modified, and interpreted, we're posting what we are learning in this evolving article. Continue Reading
The opening conversation at BISG's annual meeting will capture how two member companies look at the meeting's call to action, "Move Fast and Fix Things." Continue Reading
BISG's Industry Champion Award, which honors an individual whose efforts have advanced the publishing industry as a whole, will be given to Lee Wind, Chief Content Officer for the Independent Book Publishers Association. Continue Reading
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) will recognize Dominique Raccah, Founder and CEO of award-winning publisher Sourcebooks, with the Sally Dedecker Award for Lifetime Service. Continue Reading
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) is proud to announce that Perfect Bound has joined its membership. Perfect Bound’s innovative, integrated suite of services—including title management, a printing marketplace, sales and inventory tracking, royalties and rights management, and... Continue Reading
