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2012 Annual Meeting of Members. BISG’s Year in Review – Fiscal Year 2011-2012. #bisg12. Why BISG?. Standards – Research – Education. Expansion & Growth. 32 new members, including…. Expansion & Growth. 3 new companies added to BISG’s Board of Directors…. Kyusik Chung
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2012 Annual Meetingof Members BISG’s Year in Review – Fiscal Year 2011-2012 #bisg12
Why BISG? Standards – Research – Education
Expansion & Growth • 32 new members,including…
Expansion & Growth • 3 new companies added toBISG’s Board of Directors… Kyusik Chung VP, Business Development Michael Tamblyn EVP, Content, Sales & Merchandising Mark Bide Executive Director
Expansion & Growth • 3 new companies added toBISG’s Executive Committee… George Stanley VP, Director of Sales & Product Information Professional & Trade Group Tara Catogge SVP, Inbound Supply Chain Andrew Savikas CEO
Content Structure Committee Best practices for representingprint and digital content
Official BISG Policy StatementEndorsing 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 • Liisa • McCloy-Kelley • VP, Director of E-Book Production Strategy & Ops • Random House • George Kerscher • Secretary General • DAISY Consortium • Bill • McCoy • Executive Director • IDPF • Andrew Savikas • CEO • Safari Books Online • James LichtenbergPresidentLightspeed LLC
Official BISG Policy StatementEndorsing EPUB 3 "Random House, Inc.has long been a strongsupporter 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
EPUB 3 Support Grid • Readium • Apple iBooks • Adobe • Amazon • Google • Infogrid Pacific • Kobo • NOOK • Safari Books Online • Sony • Vital Source • Apps • Overdrive • Bluefire
EPUB 3 Support Grid NEW next month! • Readium • Apple iBooks • Adobe • Amazon • Google • Infogrid Pacific • Kobo • NOOK • Safari Books Online • Sony • Vital Source • Apps • Overdrive • Bluefire
Further Focus… • Field guide for fixedlayout e-books • font licensing fordigital product • ONIX codelists fordigital product • interactive development platforms such as iBooks Author, Inking, Kno, etc.
IdentificationCommittee Best practices for theuse of identifier standards
Official BISG Policy Statement on Identification of Digital Content • Clarifies best practices and outlines responsibilities in the assignment of ISBNs to digital products
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.
Further Conversations… • Thu, Oct 4 @ 10:30 AM • Wed, Oct 17 @ 10:30 AM • Thu, Nov 1 @ 10:30 AM Email karen@bisg.orgfor more information
MetadataCommittee Development and maintenance of the ONIX for Books standard in the US market
Major Metadata Research Project Brian O’Leary Principal
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 12 @ 1 PM • Fri, Oct 26 @ 1 PM • Fri, Nov 2 @ 1 PM • Fri, Nov 16 @ 1 PM • Fri, Nov 30 @ 1 PM Email karen@bisg.orgfor more information
New with the 2012 edition… • Category Deep-Dive • Benchmarking Email angela@bisg.orgfor more information
2013 edition data submission… • January 1, 2013 through March 31, 2013 Email angela@bisg.orgfor more information
Student Attitudes Toward Content in Higher Education • Fall and SpringSemester 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 AttitudesToward E-Book Reading • Quarterly survey, • moving to bi-annual • Volume Four launching soon. Sponsorship opportunities available.
Too many to discuss individually!
Education and Events 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 Conferences 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 • Making Information Pay • MIP for Higher Ed • Digital Show & Tell • Annual Meeting of Members • Executive Lunch Series
Thank you! Introducing BISG’s Vice Chair, Tara Catogge