WELCOME TO BIC

BIC is an independent organisation set up and sponsored by the Publishers Association, Booksellers Association, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals and the British Library to promote supply chain efficiency in all sectors of the book world through e-commerce and the application of standard processes and procedures.

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Do you need to assign a BIC subject category?

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Do you need a bar code?

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New release of ONIX now available

The new ONIX 3.0 release has arrived. It has many new features to improve your supply of product information, including much enhanced capability to deal with digital products.

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The international book trade and serials standards organisation.

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Promoting the wider use of e-commerce in the book trade.

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Promoting the value of technology and standards in the library supply chain

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