2012 Annual Meeting of Members BISG’s Year in Review – Fiscal Year #bisg12 © 2012, the Book Industry Study Group, Inc

Why BISG? Standards – Research – Education © 2012, the Book Industry Study Group, Inc

Expansion & Growth  32 new members, including… © 2012, the Book Industry Study Group, Inc

Expansion & Growth  3 new companies added to BISG’s Board of Directors… © 2012, the Book Industry Study Group, Inc Michael Tamblyn EVP, Content, Sales & Merchandising Kyusik Chung VP, Business Development Mark Bide Executive Director

Expansion & Growth  3 new companies added to BISG’s Executive Committee… © 2012, the Book Industry Study Group, Inc Tara Catogge SVP, Inbound Supply Chain Andrew Savikas CEO George Stanley VP, Director of Sales & Product Information Professional & Trade Group

Standards and Best Practices Research Education and Events © 2012, the Book Industry Study Group, Inc Focus on EPUB, ID of E-Books, Metadata…

Content Structure Committee Best practices for representing print and digital content © 2012, the Book Industry Study Group, Inc

EPUB 3 © 2012, the Book Industry Study Group, Inc

Official BISG Policy Statement Endorsing EPUB 3  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 George Kerscher Secretary General DAISY Consortium Bill McCoy Executive Director IDPF Liisa McCloy-Kelley VP, Director of E- Book Production Strategy & Ops Random House Andrew Savikas CEO Safari Books Online James Lichtenberg President Lightspeed LLC

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 E- Book Production Strategy & Ops Random House © 2012, the Book Industry Study Group, Inc

EPUB 3 Support Grid

 Readium  Apple iBooks  Adobe  Amazon  Google  Infogrid Pacific  Kobo  NOOK  Safari Books Online  Sony  Vital Source  Apps Overdrive Bluefire © 2012, the Book Industry Study Group, Inc

EPUB 3 Support Grid  Readium  Apple iBooks  Adobe  Amazon  Google  Infogrid Pacific  Kobo  NOOK  Safari Books Online  Sony  Vital Source  Apps Overdrive Bluefire NEW next month! © 2012, the Book Industry Study Group, Inc

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. © 2012, the Book Industry Study Group, Inc

Identification Committee Best practices for the use of identifier standards © 2012, the Book Industry Study Group, Inc

Official BISG Policy Statement on Identification of Digital Content  Clarifies best practices and outlines responsibilities in the assignment of ISBNs to digital products © 2012, the Book Industry Study Group, Inc

Official BISG Policy Statement on Identification of Digital Content  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. © 2012, the Book Industry Study Group, Inc

Further Conversations…  Thu, Oct 10:30 AM  Wed, Oct 10:30 AM  Thu, Nov 10:30 AM for more © 2012, the Book Industry Study Group, Inc

Metadata Committee Development and maintenance of the ONIX for Books standard in the US market © 2012, the Book Industry Study Group, Inc

Major Metadata Research Project Brian O’Leary Principal © 2012, the Book Industry Study Group, Inc

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.

Further Conversations…  Fri, Oct 1 PM  Fri, Oct 1 PM  Fri, Nov 1 PM  Fri, Nov 1 PM  Fri, Nov 1 PM for more © 2012, the Book Industry Study Group, Inc

Standards and Best Practices Research Education and Events © 2012, the Book Industry Study Group, Inc Focus on BookStats and consumer research…

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New with the 2012 edition…  Category Deep-Dive  Benchmarking for more © 2012, the Book Industry Study Group, Inc

2013 edition data submission…  January 1, 2013 through March 31, for more © 2012, the Book Industry Study Group, Inc

Student Attitudes Toward Content in Higher Education Fall and Spring Semester Survey Volume Three launching now with current sponsorship from: Faculty Attitudes Toward Content in Higher Education Spring Semester Survey Volume Two launching soon. Sponsorship opportunities available. Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading Quarterly survey, moving to bi-annual Volume Four launching soon. Sponsorship opportunities available.

Standards and Best Practices Research Education and Events © 2012, the Book Industry Study Group, Inc Too many to discuss individually!

Education and Events Conferences  Making Information Pay  MIP for Higher Ed  Digital Show & Tell  Annual Meeting of Members  Executive Lunch Series Webcast Topics  4-part series on EPUB 3  3-part series on Metadata  Global eBook Monitor  Agile Publishing  Policy Statement on Identification of E-Books  BookStats © 2012, the Book Industry Study Group, Inc STARTING OCT 30! Getting Grounded With E-Books: The Latest Statistics and What They Mean New 3-part webcast series in partnership with Digital Book World

Thank you! Introducing BISG’s Vice Chair, Tara Catogge © 2012, the Book Industry Study Group, Inc