Books and the Subject Category Search...

Picking a subject category for your title? Playing it safe by using the broadest subject category for your book can mislead potential buyers and hinder sales. Here’s where the Book Industry Study Group, Inc., can help. For 30 years, publishers, manufacturers, suppliers, wholesalers, retailers, librarians, and others in the print and electronic media have relied on BISG to set the benchmark for policy, standards, and research. One of BISG’s invaluable services is its alpha/numeric category codes—the BISAC (Book Industry Standards and Communications) codes, which are used to shelve books in stores and in a variety of publishing/bookselling databases.
Now you can view updated codes online for free at http://www.bisg.org/standards/bisac_subject/index.html. Click on your general subject category and scan the list for the precise subclassification that best describes your material. Help book cataloguers place your title right where an appreciative credit card–carrying audience can find it.