Unique Identifiers
Improve Discoverability:
- Search for a group of books which all contain the same work, even if the books have different titles
- Filter out unwanted books from a search result where they have the same title but different content
Comply With Territorial Rights:
- Automatically identify books intended for overseas markets when there is a territory-specific version available already, so enabling the respect of “sole territory rights”
Improve Collections Management and Sales & Loans Analysis:
- Collocate books automatically, even when they have different titles;
- Efficiently analyse sales or loans of a work even when it is published under multiple titles or is just a component of a larger publication.
Nielsen Book operates one of the first ISTC Registration Agencies, enabling authors, publishers and other authorised representatives to register textual works with an ISTC. We also provide advice and guidance on how to make the most of this important new system.
About Nielsen Book
Nielsen has four key brands: Registration Agencies (ISBN and SAN Agencies for UK & Ireland, ISTC), BookData, BookNet and BookScan. The Nielsen BookData service provides comprehensive, enriched and timely bibliographic data worldwide. There is a range of information services for booksellers, libraries and publishers in 100 countries around the world. The Nielsen BookNet service provides value-added transaction services to the industry. The Nielsen BookScan service provides the world’s only continuous retail monitoring service for English-language books in the UK, Ireland, US, Australia, South Africa, Italy, New Zealand, Denmark, Spain and India. The company launched LibScan in 2009, allowing the collection and analysis of library borrowing data. To-date, 55 UK public library authorities have joined the panel and the aim is to continue building this number in 2011. The group employs 120 staff in the UK. The company is wholly owned by Nielsen. For more information, please visit: www.nielsenbook.co.uk
About Nielsen
Nielsen Holdings N.V. (NYSE: NLSN) is a global information and measurement company with leading market positions in marketing and consumer information, television and other media measurement, online intelligence, mobile measurement, trade shows and related assets. The company has a presence in approximately 100 countries, with headquarters in New York, USA. For more information on Nielsen, visit www.nielsen.com
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The International Standard Text Code (ISTC) is a global identification system for textual works, i.e. the “content” in text-based publications. Including an ISTC as one of the data elements on a bibliographic record makes it possible to:
