(BLOG POST) By Jonathan Perry — Here is a 30-second reminder about some of the book world’s quietest and most loyal customers: library approval plans. Libraries collect books. Collection management is a complicated and time-consuming process. Many libraries set up “approval plans” that are basically …

(BLOG POST) By Jonathan Perry — (This post originally published at Jared & Perry Metadata. Used with permission.) One can’t go very long in the book industry without reading the term “ONIX.” Yes, it has a lot of details, but the high-level view is extremely simple, and you need to know it. Here we go: …

(BLOG POST) By Jonathan Perry, Jared & Perry In addition to the new subject for PTSD, the Self-Help section has nine other new subjects this year, including five that are together in a “tree,” or sub-category grouping, of Compulsive Behavior subjects: SELF-HELP / Compulsive Behavior …

(BLOG POST) By Jonathan Perry, Jared & Perry There are 75 new BISAC subjects this year, every one the result of much work by your peers on the Book Industry Study Group’s (BISG’s) BISAC Subject Codes Committee. Every code is important in some way or …

(BLOG POST) By Jonathan Perry, Jared & Perry If I said to you, “it’s that time of year again,” you might eagerly exclaim “Wow! This year’s version of the BISAC Subject Headings have been published!” Well, maybe not; I’m a-thinkin’ you have other things on …