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BISG US releases ebook ISBN best-practice guidelines
Looking to address the problem of confusion in the marketplace around product identification, the Book Industry Study Group is publishing a Policy Statement that outlines best practices for assignin...
Industry, politicians respond to BISG recommendations
The Book Industry Strategy Group's final report to government, which was handed over to the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Senator Kim Carr last week, has attracted a var...
Quote of the week
'By 2014 at least $500 million and potentially upward of $800 million in print and ebook sales could be lost from the local industry to offshore retailers'--the Book Industry Strategy Group (BISG), in...
BISG recommendations announced
The Book Industry Strategy Group (BISG) has recommended the timetable for retention of territorial copyright in Australia be reduced from 30/90 days to 14/14 days in its final report to the Federal Go...
US BISG survey charts the rise of ebook readership
The percentage of book buyers who reported downloading an ebook rose from 5% in October 2010 to 13% in January, according to the latest installment of Book Industry Study Group's Consumer Attitudes To...
In Brief
BISG membership to maintain 'retailing perspective' following Cain's departureAn official from the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research has told the Weekly Book Newsletter that Min...
BISG: Public consultation complete; final report expected in September 2011
The public consultation phase of the Book Industry Strategy Group (BISG) has ended, with the last of the stakeholder workshops completed in Melbourne this month. The Weekly Book Newsletter under...
BISG submissions: over 100 submissions from booksellers, publishers, libraries, industry groups made public
The Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research has made more than 100 submissions to the Book Industry Strategy Group (BISG) available to the public on its website. Submissions to the BI...
REDgroup voluntary administration: PEP owed 75% of money owed to non-staff creditors, creditors meetings announced, industry responses
Administrators Ferrier Hodgson has confirmed that 75% of the money owed by REDgroup Retail to non-staff creditors is owed to the group's owner Pacific Equity Partners (PEP). As reported...
BISG submissions: ABA calls for reduction in 30/90-day rules, action on pricing; APA calls for TitlePage funding, ABS collection
Submissions to the Book Industry Strategy Group (BISG) closed on 31 January, and will soon be made public on the website of the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research. Submissi...
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