1. Annual Meeting of Members 2007 November 6, 2007 | Yale Club of New York Key Event Sponsor

2. D OMINIQUE R ACCAH President & CEO, Sourcebooks, Inc. Co-Chair, Book Industry Study Group, Inc. Opening Statement

3. A Year in Review: 2006-2007 Michael Healy A Tribute to Jan Nathan (1939-2007) Florrie Kichler Dominique Raccah Audited Financial Statements John McParland Election of BISG Directors Michael Healy Sponsored by Coffee Break Agenda: Part 1

4. Identifying Digital Content Michael Holdsworth Measuring the Quality of Product Data Richard Stark Realizing GDSN in the U.S. Supply Chain Ian Singer Closing Statement Andrew Weber Sponsored by Members Lunch Agenda: Part 2

5. Approval of the minutes of the Annual Meeting of Members 2006. Approval of the Minutes

6. M ICHAEL H EALY Executive Director Book Industry Study Group, Inc. A Year in Review: 2006-2007

7. Key Messages: 2006-2007 Growing MembershipHealthy & Secure FinancesNew Programs

8. Growing Membership 40 new members 2006-2007 187 members Growth New members from all key groups: Publishers, Booksellers, Libraries, etc. Diversity

9. Welcome!

10. Farewells (some temporary!)

11. Budgeted deficit of $8,800 Recognition of lengthy transition Exceptional one-off transition costs Surplus of $85,500 Assets of nearly $600,000 Slight year-on-year reduction in income Continued prudent cost management Strong Finances 2006-2007

13. Budgeted income growth of 11% Budgeted surplus reduced to $30,000 Emphasis on infrastructure investment –Website re-design –IT equipment –Disaster recovery processes Budget 2007-2008

14. Publications and EventsProgramsCommittee Activities BISG Activities 2006-2007

15. Publications 2006-2007 30 th Edition Launched at BookExpo 2007 Print and PDF versions Extensive media coverage

16. Publications 2006-2007 BISAC Subject Headings 2007 Edition Major sections revised –Bibles (ECPA & CBA) –Graphic novels

17. BISG Policy Statement 0701 Elimination of dual identifiers Extensive industry consultation Public support from: –AAP, PMA, ECPA –ABA, CBA –GS1 US Publications 2006-2007

18. BISG Events 2006-2007 Supply Chain 101 TRENDS 2007: A First Look RFID in Bookstores The Environment & the Book Trade Using Emerging Technology

19. ALA Conference 2007 Collaboration with NISO Changing Standards Landscape Publishers and librarians Challenges of digital technology BISG Events 2006-2007

20. Digital Issues – Product description (ONIX) – Product identification – Standards for search and retrieval Certification – Product information – Product labels Environmental benchmarking New Programs

21. Committee Reports BISAC BISAC Subject Codes Identification Machine Readable Coding Metadata Publisher Manufacturer EDI Supply Chain EDI BISG Digital Standards Distribution Executives EAN Transition ISBN-13 Manufacturing Executives Publications Research

22. W ENDELL L OTZ VP of Product Database Development Ingram Book Group BISAC Committees

23. Standards & policy development The work ahead BISAC Committees BISAC BISAC Subject Codes Identification Machine Readable Coding Metadata Publisher Manufacturer EDI Supply Chain EDI

24. BISAC Subject Headings 2007 Edition BISG Policy Statement POL-0701 Certification for senders of metadata Standards & Policy Development

25. Certification for receivers of metadata Guidelines for identifying electronic fragments More detailed bar coding guidelines Best practices for X12 EDI Individual usage notes for each BISAC Subject Heading ONIX 3.0 The Work Ahead

26. Digital Standards Product Label Certification EAN Transition Website ASN Development ISBN-13 Environmental Benchmarking BISG Committees BISG Digital Standards Distribution Executives EAN Transition ISBN-13 Manufacturing Executives Publications Research

27. Digital Standards Digital Standards Committee AAPs Digital Issues Working Group First meeting held in June 2007 Online discovery, browsing, search, and distribution of content in digital form

28. Distribution Executive Interest Group Guidelines for Shipping Container Labeling Encourage and support widespread adoption of the recommended Product Label Reduce in-house certification expertise required of recipients Reduce number of certification processes to which a shipper must submit Product Labels Product Label Certification

29. EAN Transition Website EAN Transition Taskforce

30. Manufacturing Executives Interest Group Guidelines for the Advance Ship Notice Simplify the capturing of data at all stages of shipping, warehousing and receiving physical product ASN Development

31. ISBN-13 Taskforce Launch of ISBN-13 in January 2007 First 979 ISBNs in Q1 2008 Mixed industry reaction ISBN-13

32. Environmental Benchmarking Research Committee

33. Benchmarking Sponsors

34. May to Aug 07 Design Sept to Nov 07 Survey Jan to Feb 08 Report Benchmarking Timeline

35. Key Messages: 2006-2007 Growing MembershipHealthy & Secure FinancesNew Programs

36. F LORRIE K ICHLER Board President PMA, the Independent Book Publishers Assoc. D OMINIQUE R ACCAH President & CEO Sourcebooks, Inc. A Tribute to Jan Nathan

37. J OHN M C P ARLAND CPA - Audit Partner McGladrey & Pullen, LLC Audited Financial Statement

38. M ICHAEL H EALY Executive Director Book Industry Study Group, Inc. Election of Directors

39. Officers Officers – Term expires September 2008 Co-Chair: Andrew WeberRandom House Co-Chair: Dominique RaccahSourcebooks Vice-Chair: Kelley MaierIngram Book Group Treasurer: David WalkerAmerican Booksellers Association Secretary: Deborah WileyJohn Wiley & Sons To be elected during the BISG Annual Meeting of Members 2007 Election of BISG Directors

40. Class 3 Directors Class 3 Directors – Term expires September 2010 Gary Aiello.RR Bowker Anne Lloyd DaviesSimon & Schuster Sally DedeckerSally Dedecker Enterprises Ted HillTHA Consulting Tina JordanAssociation of American Publishers George LossiusPublishing Technology Rick SchwartzHarperCollins Publishers Jean SrneczBaker & Taylor To be elected during the BISG Annual Meeting of Members 2007 Election of BISG Directors

41. M IKE I RVING Vice President of Publishing A Word From Our Sponsor

42. Coffee Break Presentations will continue at 11:00 a.m.