Publishers around the world use a range of service providers to monitor sales and other data about the book sector: e.g. Nielsen BookData, Bowker, others....
Printers ensure books are made to the publishers’ specifications and are a crucial intermediary in the supply chain as the convergence of the publishers’ digital...
IPA helps develop international standards for content identification, description and the facilitation of e-commerce with a view to promoting open, non-proprietory standards....
When individual direct licensing is impractical or impossible, authors and publishers often mandate collective management organisations to manage certain rights collectively....
