Deliver data that meets Industry Standards
- Are you using the latest BISAC codes?
- http://www.bisg.org/what-we-do-20-73-bisac-subject-headings-2010-edition.php
- Visit the BISG website, www.bisg.org and review the Standards & Best Practices section to be sure you are competitive in every aspect of the operation/logistics/data area of your publishing business.
- Launch marketing information
- Create a timetable for the publication of your titles
- Develop a timetable for each title
- Galleys to reviewers to meet appropriate deadlines
- Maximize sales to non-traditional book outlets
- Who is the customer for the title?
- Where does that customer shop?
- What product mix does the title complement?
- Develop concepts or series
- How will your publishing program expand?
- Will you launch a series or create a new concept or purchase another company?
- Analyze development plans
- Is your warehouse system adequate to meet your needs now and in the future?
- How productive is your inventory?
- Review distribution
- Are you doing your own fulfillment?
- Should you give that work to another entity, so you can focus on the publishing program?
- See distributor profiles at http://www.scribd.com/doc/56733024/Book-Distributors-2011