Transcript presentation - Book Industry Study Group

2012 Annual Meeting
of Members
BISG’s Year in Review – Fiscal Year 2011-2012
#bisg12
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Why BISG?
Standards – Research – Education
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Expansion & Growth
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32 new members,
including…
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Expansion & Growth
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3 new companies added to
BISG’s Board of Directors…
Kyusik Chung
VP, Business Development
Michael Tamblyn
EVP, Content, Sales & Merchandising
Mark Bide
Executive Director
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Expansion & Growth
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3 new companies added to
BISG’s Executive Committee…
George Stanley
VP, Director of Sales & Product Information
Professional & Trade Group
Tara Catogge
SVP, Inbound Supply Chain
Andrew Savikas
CEO
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Focus on EPUB,
ID of E-Books,
Metadata…
Education
and Events
Standards and
Best Practices
Research
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Content Structure
Committee
Best practices for representing
print and digital content
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EPUB 3
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Official BISG Policy Statement
Endorsing EPUB 3
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Addresses critical need for the global book
publishing industry to rally around a single
standard for the creation of digital content in
order to impede instances of fragmentation
across the supply chain
Garth
Conboy
Software
Engineering
Manager
Google
Liisa
McCloy-Kelley
VP, Director of EBook Production
Strategy & Ops
Random House
George
Kerscher
Secretary
General
DAISY
Consortium
Bill
McCoy
Executive
Director
IDPF
Andrew
Savikas
CEO
Safari
Books
Online
James
Lichtenberg
President
Lightspeed
LLC
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Official BISG Policy Statement
Endorsing EPUB 3
"Random House, Inc.
has long been a strong
supporter of EPUB as our
preferred e-book distribution
format. We are excited to see
action underway toward wide
adoption in the marketplace of
the EPUB 3 standard, and all
of the functionality it enables,
as we work to create great
digital-publishing experiences
for our authors and their
books."
Liisa
McCloy-Kelley
VP, Director of EBook Production
Strategy & Ops
Random House
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EPUB 3 Support Grid
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EPUB 3 Support Grid
Readium
 Apple iBooks
 Adobe
 Amazon
 Google
 Infogrid Pacific
 Kobo
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NOOK
 Safari Books Online
 Sony
 Vital Source
 Apps
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Overdrive
Bluefire
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EPUB 3 Support Grid
Readium
 Apple iBooks
 Adobe
 Amazon
 Google
 Infogrid Pacific
 Kobo

NEW
next month!
NOOK
 Safari Books Online
 Sony
 Vital Source
 Apps
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
Overdrive
Bluefire
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Further Focus…
Field guide for fixed
layout e-books
 font licensing for
digital product
 ONIX codelists for
digital product
 interactive development
platforms such as iBooks
Author, Inking, Kno, etc.
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Identification
Committee
Best practices for the
use of identifier standards
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Official BISG Policy Statement on
Identification of Digital Content
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Clarifies best practices and outlines
responsibilities in the assignment of ISBNs to
digital products
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Official BISG Policy Statement on
Identification of Digital Content
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Clarifies best practices and outlines
responsibilities in the assignment of ISBNs to
digital products
Separate identification should be assigned to
all unique books for ordering, listing,
delivery, and sales tracking purposes.
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Further Conversations…
Thu, Oct 4 @ 10:30 AM
 Wed, Oct 17 @ 10:30 AM
 Thu, Nov 1 @ 10:30 AM
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Email [email protected]
for more information
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Metadata
Committee
Development and maintenance of the ONIX for
Books standard in the US market
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Major Metadata Research Project
Brian O’Leary
Principal
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Updating Metadata Best Practices
Provide guidance on the use of ONIX for digital
products, both for existing core data elements
and digital-only elements such as DRM/Usage
Constraints
 Include examples of ONIX 3.0, especially in
places where 3.0 diverges markedly from ONIX
2.1, such as with Sets and Series.
 Add sections to enable enhanced support for
marketing elements, such as Major Awards &
Prizes and Author/Contributor Biography.
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Further Conversations…
Fri, Oct 12 @ 1 PM
 Fri, Oct 26 @ 1 PM
 Fri, Nov 2 @ 1 PM
 Fri, Nov 16 @ 1 PM
 Fri, Nov 30 @ 1 PM
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Email [email protected]
for more information
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Education
and Events
Standards and
Best Practices
Research
Focus on
BookStats and
consumer
research…
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New with the 2012 edition…
Category Deep-Dive
 Benchmarking
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Email [email protected]
for more information
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2013 edition data submission…
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January 1, 2013 through
March 31, 2013
Email [email protected]
for more information
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Student Attitudes Toward
Content in Higher Education
Fall and Spring
Semester Survey
Faculty Attitudes Toward
Content in Higher Education
Spring
Semester Survey
Consumer Attitudes
Toward E-Book Reading
Quarterly survey,
moving to bi-annual
Volume Three launching now
with current sponsorship from:
Volume Two launching soon.
Sponsorship opportunities
available.
Volume Four launching soon.
Sponsorship opportunities
available.
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Too many
to discuss
individually!
Education
and Events
Standards and
Best Practices
Research
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Education and Events
STARTING
OCT 30!
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MIP for Higher Ed
Getting
Grounded With
Webcast Topics
E-Books:
The Latest
 4-part series on EPUB 3
Statistics and
What They
 3-part series on
Metadata
Mean
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Digital Show & Tell
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New
3-part
Global eBook
Monitor
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Annual Meeting of
Members
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Agile
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Policy Statement on
Identification of E-Books
BookStats
Conferences
 Making Information Pay
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Executive Lunch Series
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webcast series
in partnership
Publishing
with Digital
Book World
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Thank you!
Introducing BISG’s Vice Chair, Tara Catogge
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