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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
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