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BISAC Subject Update Available

The 2023 BISAC Subject Code upgrade package is now available! The changes in the 2023 list include many changes in the Comics & Graphic Novels, Cooking, Juvenile, Psychology, and Performing Arts categories, along with updates to DEI-related subjects. Updates to the Merchandising Themes are also included in this upgrade.

We highly recommend every publisher upgrade their BISAC list every year.

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Episode 34: Laura Brady on Accessibility
Laura Brady is an inclusive publishing expert whose priority is always to put users first. She has more than 25 years of publishing experience creating and converting eBooks, training publishers on accessible workflows, and consulting for service organizations about how to publish inclusively while worrying about everyone’s reading experience.

Episode 33: Michele Cobb on Publishing Associations and Awards Programs
Michele Cobb is the Executive Director of Audio Publishers Association and PubWest, publisher of AudioFile Magazine and MMB media, and a partner at Forte Business Consulting. Needless to say, she is a very busy woman and joins us at the BookSmarts Podcast to discuss what it’s like juggling so many hats at once.

Episode 32: Thad McIlroy on Publishing Startups
Thad McIlroy, an electronic publishing analyst and author who writes about publishing technology at his site, The Future of Publishing, joins me to talk about publishing startups. Thad has been working for many years on a database that provides interesting details on these companies, and the list has now been published by Publishers Weekly.

Episode 31: David Marlin on Royalty Management and Company Security
In this final episode of 2022, we are joined by David Marlin, President of MetaComet Systems. David has been working in the publishing industry for the last 24 years, and is an expert in royalty automation. We discuss his background and how he got into publishing, the recent move to paying author royalties through electronic payment services, company security, royalty management outsourcing, and more.

Episode 30: Emma Watson on Subscription Ebook Sales Models
Ebook piracy is a constant struggle for some publishers, especially when their books are used in academic settings. In many cases, this can be due to the availability of the content, not an inability or lack of desire to pay for it. In this episode of the BookSmarts podcast, Joshua talks with Emma Watson, the Account Manager at Perlego, a UK-based book subscription service, about how subscription models can help alleviate piracy issues.

Episode 1: Publishers Are in a Moneyball Situation
Joshua discusses how he sees some similarities between the state of the publishing industry and the story of the Oakland A’s baseball team as told in the movie Moneyball. Competition is fierce, and solid data practices can be the key factor between success and failure.