Press Archive
This page collects third-party news coverage of the Book Industry Study Group (BISG)—articles, features, and mentions from outlets such as Publishers Weekly, Publishing Perspectives, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and others across the book industry and broader press—from 1984 to the present.
BISG in the news: 50 years of helping the book industry navigate change through research, standards, collaboration, and innovation.
For BISG's own official statements and announcements, visit the BISG Blog. For media inquiries, please visit our News & Media Inquiries page. You can also see all BISG coverage in Publishing Perspectives and all BISG coverage in Publishers Weekly.
2026
- Publishing Students Work with Industry Pros on AI Guidance
Emerson Today | May 16, 2026 - Duke’s Allison Belan to Succeed Brian O’Leary at the Book Industry Study Group
Words & Money | May 15, 2026 - Allison Belan Named New BISG Executive Director
Publishers Weekly | May 13, 2026 - Duke’s Allison Belan to Succeed Brian O’Leary at the Book Industry Study Group
Publishing Perspectives | May 13, 2026 - BISG, BookNet Canada, Release Final Survey Report on AI Use in Publishing, Libraries
Words & Money | May 1, 2026 - New Report Weighs Pros and Cons of AI
Publishers Weekly | April 30, 2026 - BookNet Canada, BISG Release Survey Report on AI Use in Publishing
Publishing Perspectives | April 29, 2026 - AI and Libraries: Why Librarians May Become Arbiters of Reality
Jane Friedman | April 23, 2026 -
What Bookstores Want From Traditional Publishers—and How the Bookstore Market Has Changed
Jane Friedman | March 31, 2026 - Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump Tariffs
Publishers Weekly | February 20, 2026 - BISG Webinar Digs into Tariffs, Title II
Publishers Weekly | February 11, 2026 - Doing Rights Right – BISG Provides Tools to Improve Rights Business
Publishing Perspectives | January 29, 2026
2025
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Hachette Book Group Invests in the Future with Raising Readers Campaign
Publishing Perspectives | December 17, 2025 -
Brian O’Leary Receives 2025 Melcher Award
Publishers Weekly | December 12, 2025 - BISG Proposes Changes to BISAC Subject Codes
Publishers Weekly | November 20, 2025
- Frankfurt: How Much Is Book Publishing Using AI?
Publishing Perspectives | October 21, 2025 - Book Industry Divided Over AI Adoption, Finds BISG Survey
Publishers Weekly | September 23, 2025 - From BISG’s Vision to Practical Implementation: Future-Proofing the Publishing Supply Chain
knk Publishing Software | August 14, 2025 -
Accessibility: BISG, EDItEUR, and STM Join Italy’s Fondazione LIA
Publishing Perspectives | August 12, 2025 -
Accessibilité: trois acteurs du livre inclusif rejoignent la Fondazione LIA
Actual Litté | July 21, 2025 - BISG Unveils New Rights Tool
Publishers Weekly | June 9, 2025 -
Big talk in New York: Book Industry Study Group met to discuss the state of the US industry
The Bookseller | May 2, 2025 - BISG Wants to Revolutionize the Book Business Supply Chain
Publishers Weekly | April 29, 2025 - BISG Annual Meeting: Move Fast and Fix Things
Publishing Perspectives | April 28, 2005 -
Book Publishers, With Ties to Europe and Asia, Assess Tariff Impact
The Wall Street Journal | April 4, 2025 - Dominique Raccah to Receive BISG’s 2025 Lifetime Service Award
Publishers Weekly | March 19, 2025
2024
- How to Get Ready for EUDR
Publishers Weekly | September 18, 2024 - Germany’s Bookwire: An ‘All About’ Event for the USA
Publishing Perspectives | September 13, 2024 -
Frankfurter Buchmesse’s 2024 Rights Center Sells Out
Publishing Perspectives | July 31, 2024 - BISG Announces 2024 Industry Award Honorees
Publishers Weekly | March 21, 2024
2023
- Publishing’s Supply Chain Needs an Upgrade
Publishers Weekly | April 14, 2023
- PW's Jim Milliot Wins BISG Lifetime Service Award
Publishers Weekly | March 8, 2023
2022
- Book Industry Study Group 2022 Annual Meeting
Westchester Publishing Services | April 29, 2022
2021
- Will supply chain issues affect the books you want? Depends on what you’re reading.
Popular Science | October 21, 2021
- High Costs, Services Disruptions Plague Book Biz Supply Chain
Publishers Weekly | July 7, 2021
- Meet BISG's Claire Holloway
Publishers Weekly | March 11, 2021
- Meet BISG's Connie Harbison
Publishers Weekly | March 10, 2021
- Meet BISG's Rebecca Burgoyne
Publishers Weekly | March 8, 2021
2020
- Announcing a New ‘Green Book’ Consortium: Canada, USA, UK
Publishing Perspectives | September 29, 2020 -
US Book Industry: Associations Form Health Insurance Coalition
Publishing Perspectives | August 11, 2020 - Coronavirus Update: BISG’s Annual Meeting ‘Repositions’ Online
Publishing Perspectives | June 29, 2020 - BIHIP Partners with Lighthouse Insurance Group on Healthcare
Publishers Weekly | June 11, 2021
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Coronavirus: Madrid Fair Moves to October; BISG Postpones; Macmillan Works at Home
Publishing Perspectives | March 13, 2020
2019
- Industry Notes: BISG Seats New Board; UK’s Exact Editions Digitizes Turkish Magazine
Publishing Perspectives | July 24, 2019
2018
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BISG’s Annual Meeting: Making 2018 Our ‘Metadata Year’
Publishing Perspectives | May 1, 2018
2017
- BISG Looks at Rights In a Global, Digital Book Market
Publishers Weekly | September 8, 2017 - BISG’s Strategic Reinvention Prompts an Updated Board Structure
Publishing Perspectives | August 31, 2017 - China’s ‘Copyright Industry’ Shows Rapid Growth, Exports in Creative Products
Publishing Perspectives | June 29, 2019 - Digital Publishing's Bar Code Revolution
Publishers Weekly | May 19, 2017
- BISG’s ‘Evolution of Delivery’ Conference: Making Data Pay
Publishing Perspectives | April 24, 2017 - Getting ‘Back to Purpose’: BISG’s New Leadership Outlines Next Moves
Publishing Perspectives | January 30, 2017
2016
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Brian O’Leary on BISG at 40: ‘A Fresh Look at Everything’
Porter Anderson Media | October 3, 2016 - John Ingram receives publishing industry award of excellence
The Tennessean | October 3, 2016
- Romancing the Data: Nielsen’s First Romance Book Summit at RWA
Publishing Perspectives | May 25, 2016 - BISG’s ‘Making Information Pay’: Amplifying a Brand’s Reputation
Publishing Perspectives | May 9, 2016 - BISG Implements New Subject Headings for Young Adult Books
Publishing Perspectives | January 31, 2016
2015
- A Smarter Approach to College Textbooks
Inside Higher Ed | August 17, 2015
- Kuyper to Lead BISG as Executive Director
Publishers Weekly | May 26, 2015 - The Data Innovation Conundrum in Higher Education
Publishing Perspectives | May 1, 2015 - To Automate or Not to Automate the Rights Business?
Publishing Perspectives | March 23, 2015 - BISG and ALA Announce Research Partnership
AuthorLink | February 1, 2015 - ALA Midwinter 2015: BISG and ALA Announce Library Survey
Publishers Weekly | February 1, 2015
2014
- The Invisible Growth in the Industry…or WYSIATI
Publishing Perspectives | September 18, 2014 - BISG Higher Ed Study Shows Continuing Disruption
Publishers Weekly | August 6, 2014 - AAP, BISG End BookStats Agreement
Publishers Weekly | June 23, 2014 - MIP 2014: On Digital Books and the New Subscription Economy
Publishing Perspectives | June 2, 2014 - BISG, Firebrand Partner on E-book Training Program
Publishers Weekly | April 8, 2014 - BISG Launches Subscription Model Study
Publishers Weekly | January 30, 2014
2013
- BISG Creates Industry Awards
Publishers Weekly | July 18, 2013 - New BISG Report: More Students Downloading Unauthorized Content
Publishing Perspectives | July 17, 2013 - BISG’s MIP 2013: A New World of Big Data, Complexity and Collaboration
Publishers Weekly | May 16, 2013
2012
- New BISG Policy Statement Endorses EPUB 3
Publishers Weekly | August 6, 2012 - BISG Report Finds More E-book Buyers Buying Print Books
Publishers Weekly | August 2, 2012 - BISG Changes Offices
Publishers Weekly | July 3, 2012 - BISG Releases Report on Book Product Metadata
Publishers Weekly | June 27, 2012 - E-books, How Do We Love Thee? Let BISG Count the Ways
Publishing Perspectives | March 28, 2012 - BISG Report: Book Purchases Up, But Not from Bookstores
Publishers Weekly | February 29, 2012
2011
- BISG Issues Best Practices For Assigning Digital ISBNs
Publishers Weekly | December 8, 2011 - Hachette Gets Gold Certification From BISG
Publishers Weekly | November 7, 2011 - Paperbacks in Jeopardy as E-books Gain Ground
The Columbus Dispatch | September 15, 2011 - Len Vlahos Named BISG Executive Director
Publishers Weekly | August 22, 2011 - American Publishing Revenue Grows 5.6 Percent Since 2008
Publishing Perspectives | August 9, 2011 - Publishing Gives Hints of Revival, Data Show
The New York Times | August 9, 2011 - #BEA11: New Data Shows Growth Across the Publishing Industry
Publishing Perspectives | May 24, 2011 - Publishing’s Paper Problem and How to Future-Proof the Industry
Publishing Perspectives | May 11, 2011 - BISG Survey Documents Rise of E-Book Use
Publishers Weekly | April 29, 2011 - Book Industry Study Group: The Rosetta Stone of the Publishing Industry
Publishing Perspectives | March 28, 2011 - What is the Key Problem for Publishing to Solve by 2020?
Publishing Perspectives | March 28, 2011 - BISG Survey Finds Students Prefer Print
Publishers Weekly | January 7, 2011
2010
- The Future of Rights: Standards and Shared Metadata
Publishing Perspectives | November 4, 2010 - ISBNs and E-books: The Ongoing Dilemma
Publishing Perspectives | November 2, 2010 - E-book Sales Statistics from BISG Survey
Publishing Perspectives | May 27, 2010 - AAP, BISG Unite for New Statistics Program
Publishers Weekly | May 20, 2010 - BISG Conference Message: Change or Die
Publishers Weekly | May 7, 2010 - BISG’s Making Information Pay Conference and Survey
Publishing Perspectives | February 25, 2010 - Lubeck Named Executive Director of Book Industry Study Group
Publishers Weekly | January 6, 2010
2009
- BISG Helps Plan the Rights Repository
The Bookseller | April 21, 2009
2008
- BISG Effort to Bring XML Workflow to Publishing Process
AuthorLink | September 25, 2008 - Book Sales Are Expected To Stay Flat
CBS News | May 30, 2008
2007
- BISG to Study Environmental Impact of U.S. Book Industry
AuthorLink | August 16, 2007 - Sales Barely Up, Book Trade Yearns for Next Blockbuster
The New York Times | June 1, 2007
2005
- Book Sales on the Decline
Los Angeles Times | May 17, 2005 - New BISG Study Reveals Billions More in Book Sales
AuthorLink | April 15, 2005
2004
- BISG Moves Forward on ISBN, Other Fronts
Publishers Weekly | October 11, 2004
2003
- New BISAC Category for Graphic Novels/Comics
Publishers Weekly | January 22, 2003
2002
- Abraham Picked to Head BISG
Publishers Weekly | August 12, 2002
2001
- Daly Named BISG Director
Publishers Weekly | April 30, 2001
2000
- BISG Panel Explores E-business Models
Publishers Weekly | October 2, 2000 - BISG Launches Tuned-up ONIX Standard
Publishers Weekly | September 18, 2000
1999
- BISG Forms E-Book Group, Backs New ISBN
Publishers Weekly | December 13, 1999 - BISG Forms New Technology Group
Publishers Weekly | September 13, 1999
1998
- New Novel to Be Acid Test for Booksellers
The New York Times | June 1, 1998
1985
- Trade Paperbacks Reshaping Book Publishing
The New York Times | April 22, 1985
1984
- Fewer Youths Read Books, Study Finds
The New York Times | April 12, 1984