Book Industry Study Group

The 13 Digit ISBN and other changes to book identifiers

November 13, 2003

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Agenda

IntroductionCharlie Benante, Pearson

BISG overview & current InitiativesJeff Abraham, Executive Director

Focus on ISBN and book IdentifiersTom Clarkson, Chair MRC Committee

Barnes & Noble perspectiveDoug Cheney, Barnes & Noble

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About BISG

New York based not-for-profit organization

Focusing on research, standards, policy and other industry related initiatives

Membership driven organization via Board of Directors and Committees

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Membership

Close to 200 members – from small independents to Fortune 500s

From all segments of the industry:• booksellers, retailers, publishers,• wholesalers, distributors, libraries• printers and paper manufacturers • consultants and technology companies, etc.

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Board of Directors

Andrew Grabois, Bowker Anne Lloyd Davies, Simon & Schuster Carol Gold, The Gold Group Deborah Wiley, John Wiley & Sons Ed Ramsey, Random House Gary Brusseau, Quebecor World James Lichtenberg, Lightspeed Jan Nathan, PMA Jean Srnecz, Baker & Taylor John Wicker, Vista International Jonathan Nowell, Nielsen BookData Joseph Gonnella, Barnes & Noble

Judith Appelbaum, Sensible Solutions Kent Freeman, Ingram Book Group Kevin Spall, RR Donnelley Lyn Blake, Amazon.com Michael Hoynes, ABA Mike Byrnes, McGraw-Hill Peter Givler, AAUP Philip Ollila, Borders Group Rick Schwartz, HarperCollins Robert Baensch, New York University Sally Dedecker, Sally Dedecker Entprs Susan Harwood, Books-A-Million

Chair: Charles Benante, Pearson Technology

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Industry Challenges

Many of our members currently face:

1. Challenging market – lack of growth

2. Pressure on margins

3. Complex trading environment

4. Non-standard procedures &

communications

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Our Mission

Provide a forum for industry consensus

Create policies and best working practices

Develop and maintain standards

Conduct research and gather data

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Why BISG?

Clear focus on solutions to member problems

Representing all industry sectors – not the interest of one single sector

No other organization serves this need

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Value Proposition

Organization representing ALL sectorsSafe forum for creating industry

consensusCost saving standardsBest working practices amongst trading

partnersValuable research

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Research & Publications

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Current Initiatives

Distribution Executives Interest Group (DEIG)

Shipping Label Standardization Initiative

Vendor Compliance Standardization

Performance Benchmarking & Metrics

Distribution and Supply Chain

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Current Initiatives

New Technology Interest Group (NTIG) RFID and the Book Industry Special Session on September 18, 2003 DOI, ISTC, Open URL, ONIX, XML, etc.

New Technologies & Standards

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Current Initiatives

Machine Readable Coding Committee created “The Framing Document”

Policy Committee drafted the “BISG Policy Statement”

Board and membership approved and ratified these document in September 2003

Follow-up survey and fact finding report

ISBN & Changes to Book Identifiers

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ISBN and book Identifiers

Tom ClarksonChair, Machine Readable Coding Committee (MRC)

• The Policy Statement• The evolution in product identification• Implication to the supply chain

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Barnes & Noble Position

Doug CheneyVP, Product Master

• 100% agreement and support of BISG Policy and international standards

• B&N EAN/GTIN Policy will reflect BISG Policy– B&N to start with some publishers in 2004– General roll-out 2005 through 2006

Book Industry Study Group

Open Discussion