Welcome
to the Book Industry Study Group, Inc.
Working
to create a more informed, empowered, and efficient book industry
supply chain.
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The
Book
Industry Study Group, Inc. (BISG) is the
U.S. book industry's leading trade association for research and supply
chain standards and policies. Our
member-driven organization uniquely
represents all segments of our industry from publishers to booksellers,
paper manufacturers, libraries, authors, printers, and wholesalers, as
well as organizations concerned with the book industry as a whole. For
30 years, BISG has provided a forum for industry professionals to come
together and efficiently address issues and concerns to improve and
advance the book community.
 Book Industry TRENDS Survey Now Open!
For more
than 30 years, Book Industry TRENDS
has provided the most accurate, comprehensive and reliable statistical
information to plan, evaluate and manage your business. This year we need your
help as we gather sales information for the 2009 edition. Please complete our publisher sales survey by January 5,
2009, and contribute to this vital industry resource. Participants will be eligible to win a Sony E-Reader.
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StartwithXML
Project
Looking
to reduce costs and take advantage of new revenue streams?
Publishers of all types, large and small, have already registered for
the StartwithXML: Why and How
Conference in January to find out why and how an XML workflow can help.
To register for
the January Conference,
click
here. BISG members attend at a discounted rate!
BISG Annual Meeting of
Members 2008
September 12, 2008
Presentations available now! Click
here to view.
Making
Information Pay 2008
Click
here to view presentations or order case studies!
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more...
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Consumer
Product Safety: Important Change to ONIX
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act 2008 makes it
mandatory to include choking hazard warnings for products that could
pose a
risk to small children. The BISAC Metadata Committee has made
changes to
ONIX to allow such warnings to be communicated to trading
partners. Click
here for the new information.
BookDROP 1.0 Standard Released
Building on the work of the AAP, the BISG
Digital Standards Committee has completed a new standard to support the
discovery of web-based book content. Click here
to download the document.
RELEASED:
November 2008 Edition of the BISG Bulletin
Click
here to view the PDF.
BISG's
Calendar of Events
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more...
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EAN
Transition Website
The
deadline for the 2005 Sunrise initiative has passed. Is your
company ready?
BISAC
Subject Headings, 2008 Edition
A
standard used by many companies throughout the supply chain to
categorize books based on topical content.
EDI
(Electronic Data Interchange)
Document
formats for XML and X12 EDI transactions.
ONIX
(Online Information Exchange)
A standard format
used to distribute electronic information about books.
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BOOK
INDUSTRY TRENDS 2008
An authoritative and indispensable tool that all sectors of the book
industry need to stay on top of business today and tomorrow.
-Click
here to order your copy now!
A new document that can improve the
accuracy of a vendor's data throughout the supply chain.
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more...
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