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If you or your colleagues have ever been unsure when to assign a new ISBN, or what the rules are, then our recently published BIC Bite has the answers.
It’s a short paper written by industry experts from our membership and offers guidance and advice with real-world examples. You can find it in the
Resource Centre
of our website and it’s free for everyone to read/download.
Explore the rest of the
BIC Bites series
– there are a further 21 documents to explore on a variety of topics including:
Migrating from ONIX 2 to ONIX 3
Publishing rights, Distribution and Sales rights in Metadata
Book Industry Return Initiative (IRI)
Introduction to the International Book Standard number (ISBN)
Weights and Dimensions Best Practice in Metadata
And more!
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From the team at Book Industry Communication (BIC) - the UK book industry’s supply chain organisation.
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If you or your colleagues have ever been unsure when to assign a new ISBN, or what the rules are, then our recently published BIC Bite has the answers.
It’s a short paper written by industry experts from our membership and offers guidance and advice with real-world examples. You can find it in the
Resource Centre
of our website and it’s free for everyone to read/download.
Explore the rest of the
BIC Bites series
– there are a further 21 documents to explore on a variety of topics including:
Migrating from ONIX 2 to ONIX 3
Publishing rights, Distribution and Sales rights in Metadata
Book Industry Return Initiative (IRI)
Introduction to the International Book Standard number (ISBN)
Weights and Dimensions Best Practice in Metadata
And more!
Author
The BIC Team
From the team at Book Industry Communication (BIC) - the UK book industry’s supply chain organisation.
View all posts
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As you can see, we have redesigned the BIC web site. We hope you will like it and quickly find your way around it. In fact the overall structure of the site is unchanged, as it seems to be serving its primary purpose well. We would welcome any comments or suggestions. Author The BIC Team…
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