The document discusses the Book Industry Study Group (BISG), which facilitates innovation and shared solutions across the publishing industry. BISG represents the entire publishing industry horizontally, rather than specific verticals. It focuses on standards and best practices through research, education, and events. Key areas of focus include EPUB, book identification standards like ISBN and ISNI, metadata via ONIX, and subject codes like BISAC and Thema. BISG operates several committees focused on these areas to serve companies and practitioners that create, produce, and distribute published content.

1. The Changing Standards Landscape
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BISG’s mission is to facilitate
innovation and shared solutions for
the benefit of all companies and
practitioners that create, produce, and
distribute published content, and the
organizations that support them..
© 2015, Book Industry Study Group, Inc.

3. BISG’s mission is to facilitate
innovation and shared solutions for
the benefit of all companies and
practitioners that create, produce, and
distribute published content, and the
organizations that support them..
© 2015, Book Industry Study Group, Inc.

4. Horizontally Oriented
AAP AAUP ABA ALA
Hachette Cambridge
UP
Book People Public
librarians
HarperCollins Oxford UP The King’s
English
Academic
librarians
Penguin
Random
House
Univ of
Chicago
Press
McLean &
Eakin
School
librarians
S&S Univ of
Nebraska
Press
Blue Willow
Bookshop
Institutional
librarians
Most trade groups
represent verticals.
BISG
BISG represents the
entire horizontal
industry
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6. Standards and
Best Practices
Research
Education
and Events
Focus on EPUB,
ID of E-Books,
Metadata…
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7. BISG Committees
 Content Structure (EPUB)
 Identification (ISBN, ISNI, DOI…)
 Manufacturing & Distribution
 Metadata (ONIX)
 Rights
 Subject Codes (BISAC, Thema)
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15. Thank you!
Julie Morris
Project Manager, Standards & Best Practices
julie@bisg.org