How to join BIC - Book Industry Communication Skip to content Spanning the book industry, our members trade with, or from within, the UK and Ireland, including but not limited to… Publishers Booksellers Standards bodies Library suppliers Service providers Data aggregators Retailers Printers Libraries Library suppliers Distributors Shippers/freight forwarders Lawyers We are already home to over 100 organisations and businesses , as members, supporters and patrons. Here are the benefits exclusive to members: Becoming a member is straightforward: Fill out our quick and easy form – any additional queries, just to ask. We’ll then follow up with you to complete the process and get you on board, but in summary the process will be: Your organisation will need to confirm its last reported UK turnover Your organisation will be billed accordingly Your organisation will be required to sign our Terms and Conditions Once our invoice has been paid and the Terms and Conditions have been signed your organisation will be welcomed into BIC membership and onboarding will begin. Subscription rates – 2026/27 Subscription year runs from 1st April – 31st March (for trade) and from 1st September – 31st August (for libraries). Subscription rates are based on an organisation’s most recently published UK turnover figure. 1. All trade members UK Turnover Band £0-25 million £1,775.00 (+VAT) Join BIC UK Turnover Band £25-50 million £3,154.00 (+VAT) Join BIC UK Turnover Band £50-100 million £4,698.00 (+VAT) Join BIC UK Turnover Band £100-200 million £6,573.00 (+VAT) Join BIC UK Turnover Band As per Band 2 plus £45.00 (+VAT) per £1 million (or part of £1 million) over £200 million (capped at £13K) Join BIC Patrons Fees by agreement Join BIC 2. Library members Fees by agreement. Manage Cookie Consent To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behaviour or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. Functional Functional Always active The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. Preferences Preferences The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user. Statistics Statistics The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you. Marketing Marketing The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes. Manage options Manage services Manage {vendor_count} vendors Read more about these purposes View preferences {title} {title} {title}