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

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

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

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

Approval of the minutes of the Annual Meeting of Members Approval of the Minutes

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

Key Messages: Growing MembershipHealthy & Secure FinancesNew Programs

Growing Membership 40 new members members Growth New members from all key groups: Publishers, Booksellers, Libraries, etc. Diversity

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

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

Publications and EventsProgramsCommittee Activities BISG Activities

Publications th Edition Launched at BookExpo 2007 Print and PDF versions Extensive media coverage

Publications 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

BISG Events 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

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

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

W ENDELL L OTZ VP 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 AAPs 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 Q Mixed industry reaction ISBN-13

Environmental Benchmarking Research Committee

Benchmarking Sponsors

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

Key Messages: Growing MembershipHealthy & Secure FinancesNew Programs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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