Reports and Advisories - Book Industry Communication Skip to content Reports The following reports are available: For BIC Members Only All reports publicly available Check if your organisation is a BIC member. Libraries and RFID A Guide to RFID in Libraries (updated February 2023) NFC-and-RFID-information-for-librarians-20141022 BIC’s Library API Policy Library RFID standards: complying with ISO 28560-2 and the UK data model Migrating from one RFID standard to the ISO28560-2 , a case study from Stephen Mossop, Exeter University. E-commerce Guide to E-commerce (updated January 2023 How To Get the Best Out of Bookshop Systems and E-commerce (updated January 2023) E-commerce for booksellers (updated February 2023) E-commerce for publishers (updated February 2023) EDI Best Practice Management Guide (updated February 2023) Checklist of Systems Requirements for Small Publishers (updated January 2023) Other reports Please visit the Green Hub for its reports section for the following: EUDR Guidance (14th Aug 2025) Sustainability and Environmental Data Reporting, Part One: Current Practices in the Industry (Sep 2024) Designed for Recycling: Part 2 – Initial Design to Manufactured Book (Mar 2024) Designed for Recycling Part 1-Life Cycle Assessment (Nov 2022) Principles of Offsetting Report (Nov 2024) and the Sustainability 101 Guides Introduction to the Book Trade (updated January 2023) REACH Briefing Document (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals – updated February 2023) Available to all on request Click on the link to register for a copy of each report. BIC Business Across Borders (Nov 2022) BIC Open Access in the Book Industry (Dec 2022) BIC RFID Privacy in Libraries Code of Practice and Policy documents (July 2017) BIC ONIX Survey Report (2018) Advisories BIC Advisories in response to EU Mandate M/436 on RFID & Privacy Part 1 (EN16570) & Part 2 (EN16571): A Combined Overview Part 1 (EN16570) Part 2 (EN16571) BIC Advisory on Invoice or Delivery Note Provision for Book Deliveries BIC Advisory on Invoice or Delivery Note Provision for Book Deliveries 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}