Book Industry Study Group
The neutral standards body of the book trade, keeper of the subject codes and metadata rules that let a whole industry speak one language.
Financial profile
Book Industry Study Group · EIN 13-2857274 · 501(c)(6)
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Contributions | Program services | Total expenses | Net assets | Year end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $610,677 | $0 | $610,448 | $626,913 | $214,101 | Jun 2023 |
| FY2022 | $738,867 | $0 | $738,650 | $660,673 | $230,337 | Jun 2022 |
| FY2021 | $672,305 | $0 | $669,258 | $653,663 | $156,208 | Jun 2021 |
| FY2020 | $691,393 | $0 | $689,077 | $629,011 | $137,566 | Jun 2020 |
| FY2019 | $710,679 | $0 | $708,504 | $647,913 | $75,184 | Jun 2019 |
| FY2018 | $690,779 | $0 | $689,005 | $677,165 | $12,418 | Jun 2018 |
Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.
Peer societies
Five societies Book Industry Study Group is read alongside.
IBPA
Independent Book Publishers Association
The largest trade association for independent publishers, teaching craft and pooling collective leverage so…
15 companies named
AAP
Association of American Publishers
The collective policy voice of America's leading book, journal, and education publishers, defending copyright…
CSBC
Children's Book Council
The nonprofit trade association of North American children's book publishers, promoting books and reading…
APA
Audio Publishers Association
The trade home of the audiobook, advancing a young medium through its Audie Awards, its research, and a…
26 companies named
GBW
Guild of Book Workers
The national guild for the book arts since 1906, sustaining bookbinding, conservation, and fine printing…
10 companies named
Who backs BISG
Every company Book Industry Study Group names publicly as a supporter, exactly as published. Companies also named by other associations on Sociogene come first.
| Company | Support as published | Also named by |
|---|---|---|
| Ingram Content Group | Meeting sponsor | ALA CIBA CCSSO MLA MIB +3 |
| Scholastic | Meeting sponsor | ACVS CIBA MIB MPIBA NCTE +1 |
| WPS-LOGO | Meeting sponsor | A CEC CASE GGBC GMCC +1 |
| HarperCollins Publishers | Meeting sponsor | AAP APSA NEIBA PNBA |
| Bookwire | Meeting sponsor | APA |
| BowkerLogoBISG | Meeting sponsor | AAUP |
| Sheridan | Meeting sponsor | AAUP |
| Sylvamo | Meeting sponsor | GMC |
| Versa_Logo_RGB | Meeting sponsor | Only Book Industry Study Group, so far |
Sources: 1 published list, read September 2026
BISG@50 Book Publishing Next Forum and Anniversary Reception sponsors. Read September 27, 2026. 50th anniversary event (Sept 16, 2026) sponsors only. Logo-only sponsors named from image file names; Silver and Media sponsor logos had no readable name and are omitted.
Who backs Book Industry Study Group's peers, but not Book Industry Study Group
Companies named publicly by at least one of Book Industry Study Group's five peer societies, and not found in Book Industry Study Group's reviewed public records.
The outside view
The neutral standards body of the book trade, keeper of the subject codes and metadata rules that let a whole industry speak one language.
- Authority
- Build
- Inward
- Operational
Their shape
The Citadel
Led from the center, built to endure.
The Citadel runs on clarity and decisiveness, its direction held by a strong center the whole organization moves behind. Its gift is speed and coherence, its challenge is leaning too heavily on the few at the middle.
Also reads toward The Parliament and The Republic.
Strengths
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