Annual Meeting of Members 2007November 6, 2007 | Yale Club of New York

Key Event Sponsor

DOMINIQUE RACCAHPresident & CEO, Sourcebooks, Inc.

Co-Chair, Book Industry Study Group, Inc.

Opening Statement

Agenda: Part 1

Agenda: Part 2

Approval of the minutes of theAnnual Meeting of Members 2006.

Approval of the Minutes

MICHAEL HEALYExecutive Director

Book Industry Study Group, Inc.

A Year in Review: 2006-2007

Key Messages: 2006-2007

Growing Membership

Welcome!

Farewells (some temporary!)

• 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

Strong Finances 2006-2007

• 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

BISG Activities 2006-2007

Publications 2006-2007

• 30th Edition

• Launched at BookExpo 2007

• Print and PDF versions

• Extensive media coverage

Publications 2006-2007

• BISAC Subject Headings

• 2007 Edition

• Major sections revised

– Bibles (ECPA & CBA)

– Graphic novels

• BISG Policy Statement 0701

• Elimination of dual identifiers

• Extensive industry consultation

• Public support from:

– AAP, PMA, ECPA

– ABA, CBA

– GS1 US

Publications 2006-2007

BISG Events 2006-2007

• Supply Chain 101

• TRENDS 2007: A First Look

• RFID in Bookstores

• The Environment & the Book Trade

• Using Emerging Technology

• ALA Conference 2007

• Collaboration with NISO

• “Changing Standards Landscape”

• Publishers and librarians

• Challenges of digital technology

BISG Events 2006-2007

• Digital Issues– Product description (ONIX)– Product identification– Standards for search and retrieval

• Certification– Product information– Product labels

• Environmental benchmarking

New Programs

Committee Reports

WENDELL LOTZVP of Product Database Development

Ingram Book Group

BISAC Committees

• Standards & policy development

• The work ahead

BISAC Committees

BISAC

• BISAC Subject Codes• Identification• Machine Readable Coding• Metadata• Publisher Manufacturer EDI• Supply Chain EDI

• BISAC Subject Headings 2007 Edition• BISG Policy Statement POL-0701• Certification for senders of metadata

Standards & Policy Development

• 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

• 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

Digital Standards

Digital Standards Committee• AAP’s Digital Issues Working Group• First meeting held in June 2007• Online discovery, browsing, search, and

distribution of content in digital form

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

EAN Transition Website

EAN Transition Taskforce

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

ISBN-13 Taskforce• Launch of ISBN-13 in January 2007• First “979” ISBNs in Q1 2008• Mixed industry reaction

ISBN-13

Environmental Benchmarking

Research Committee

Benchmarking Sponsors

Benchmarking Timeline

Key Messages: 2006-2007

FLORRIE KICHLERBoard President

PMA, the Independent Book Publishers Assoc.

DOMINIQUE RACCAHPresident & CEO

Sourcebooks, Inc.

A Tribute to Jan Nathan

JOHN MCPARLANDCPA - Audit Partner

McGladrey & Pullen, LLC

Audited Financial Statement

MICHAEL HEALYExecutive Director

Book Industry Study Group, Inc.

Election of Directors

OfficersOfficers – Term expires September 2008Co-Chair: Andrew Weber Random HouseCo-Chair: Dominique Raccah SourcebooksVice-Chair: Kelley Maier† Ingram Book GroupTreasurer: David Walker† American Booksellers AssociationSecretary: Deborah Wiley John Wiley & Sons

† To be elected during the BISG Annual Meeting of Members 2007

Election of BISG Directors

Class 3 Directors Class 3 Directors – Term expires September 2010Gary Aiello†. RR Bowker Anne Lloyd Davies† Simon & Schuster Sally Dedecker† Sally Dedecker EnterprisesTed Hill† THA Consulting Tina Jordan† Association of American Publishers George Lossius† Publishing TechnologyRick Schwartz† HarperCollins PublishersJean Srnecz† Baker & Taylor

† To be elected during the BISG Annual Meeting of Members 2007

Election of BISG Directors

MIKE IRVINGVice President of Publishing

A Word From Our Sponsor

Coffee Break

Presentations will continue at 11:00 a.m.