New Providence, NJ – December 7th, 2011 – In its role as the ISBN Agency for the United States and its territories, Bowker, a leading global provider of bibliographic information solutions and services, welcomes the BISG Policy Statement on Best Practices for Identifying Digital Products. “While there are a few areas where the US ISBN Agency would have chosen a slightly different approach, in particular around how Digital Rights Management (DRM) affects digital product identification, we believe this document offers the publishing community good guidance and information on how to identify e-books in the supply chain,” said Beat Barblan, Director of Identifier Services at Bowker.

“We commend the BISG for its relentless efforts to bring all stakeholders to the table and to keep the discussion going until a policy statement acceptable to all parties was hammered out. Bowker has been an active participant in this process and we hope that the BISG community will continue to fine tune best practices as we move forward in an increasingly complex world of digital publishing.”

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Bowker is the world's leading provider of bibliographic information management solutions designed to help publishers, booksellers, and libraries better serve their customers. The company is focused on developing various tools and products that make books easier for people to discover, evaluate, order, and experience, as well as providing services to publishers that help them better understand and meet the interests of readers worldwide. Bowker is an affiliated business of ProQuest and is headquartered in New Providence, New Jersey, with additional operations in England and Australia. For more information, please visit www.bowker.com.