Bungwe la Book Industry Communication (BIC) linakhazikitsidwa ndi Booksellers Association, British Library, Library Association, ndi Publishers Association kuti lilimbikitse miyezo mu malonda a mabuku. BIC imayang'anira ma barcode ndi Miyezo ya EDI, mwa ntchito zina.
Book Industry Communication (BIC) ndi milingo yopatsana mauthenga okhudza mabuku ndi kufalitsa pakati pa mabungwe osiyanasiyana. Zosungidwa ndi BISG, miyezo imeneyi imagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi osindikiza, ogulitsa mabuku, malaibulale, ndi onse omwe akuchita nawo ntchito yogulitsa mabuku/yosindikiza.
BIC yakhalapo kuyambira kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1990 ndipo poyamba cholinga chake chinali kuthandiza ogulitsa mabuku poyitanitsa mabuku kuchokera kwa ofalitsa. Pakapita nthawi, yakula kuposa cholinga choyambirira ichi kuti iphatikizepo zambiri zina, monga metadata ya mabuku ndi zithunzi za chikuto. BIC imagwiritsa ntchito miyezo yapadziko lonse lapansi monga ISO 2146 (International Standard Book Number) ndi ISO 639 (Zinenero Ma Code), kupanga kusinthana kosavuta pakati pa mabungwe.
BIC imagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri m'mabuku onse. Ofalitsa amagwiritsa ntchito BIC kudziwitsa ogulitsa mabuku a mabuku awo; malaibulale amazigwiritsa ntchito kuyitanitsa kuchokera kwa ofalitsa; ogulitsa mabuku amazigwiritsa ntchito poyitanitsa kuchokera kwa ogulitsa; pomwe malo ogulitsa mabuku pa intaneti monga Amazon amagwiritsa ntchito BIC posinthana zambiri za mabuku.
BIC yawonjezeredwa kupitirira kuyitanitsa zambiri Kuphatikiza zambiri - metadata ya mabuku (mutu, wolemba, ndi tsatanetsatane wa nkhani pa mabuku) ndi zithunzi zachikuto zomwe ogulitsa mabuku kapena malaibulale angagwiritse ntchito potsatsa mabuku ndi gawo la BIC.
BIC ndi gawo lofunika kwambiri mumakampani opanga mabuku ndipo imagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi mabungwe osiyanasiyana kugawana zambiri zokhudzana ndi mabuku.
BIC ndiyofunikira chifukwa imathandiza kuonetsetsa kuti aliyense ali patsamba lomwelo ndikusindikiza buku molingana ndi masomphenya a wolemba pomwe akuchotsa kusamvana komwe kungachedwetse kapena kulepheretsa kusindikizidwa kwa bukhulo.
