How to join BIC - Book Industry Communication
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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)
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UK Turnover Band
£25-50 million
£3,154.00 (+VAT)
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UK Turnover Band
£50-100 million
£4,698.00 (+VAT)
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UK Turnover Band
£100-200 million
£6,573.00 (+VAT)
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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)
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Patrons
Fees by agreement
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2. Library members
Fees by agreement.
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