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BPM Shipping Service, Widely Used in the Book Industry, Will Be Discontinued

Book Publishing Industry By January 22, 2025 Tags: , ,

BPM Shipping Service, Widely Used in the Book Industry

The United States Postal Service (USPS) has filed a proposal to eliminate Bound Printed Matter (BPM) Flats and Parcels from their service offerings.

BPM is a special postal category that has historically offered the lowest available rates for catalogs, books, and other bound printed materials weighing up to 15 pounds.

The change, outlined in a December 20, 2024 filing with the Postal Regulatory Commission, would take effect no earlier than July 2025.

Book Collection Management Made Easy by Collectorz.com (CLZ)

Customer Success Stories By June 14, 2023 Tags: , ,

It’s a great pleasure for us to introduce Alwin Hoogerdijk, the founder of Collectorz.com. Alwin kindly shared with us the inspiring story of his business, which started as a hobby and, unexpectedly for him, grew into a company with a number of successful software products. Please read on to learn more about how it all started, what solutions Alwin and his team came up with, and their future plans.

Data Cleanup for Synopsis

Product News & Updates By November 2, 2021 Tags:

Data Cleanup for Synopsis

We invest a lot of effort ISBNdb into improving the quality of our book data and overall user experience. As part of this process, we have removed the “synopsis” and “overview” data points, and replaced them with a single, more comprehensive data point called “Synopsis”. This change not only eliminates redundancies in the data but also makes it cleaner and more user-friendly.

New Data Point and Publish Date Updates

Product News & Updates By March 18, 2021 Tags: ,

Lately, we have made two major improvements to our book database, enabling users to access even more comprehensive and accurate information about books.

The first upgrade is a new data point-related ISBNs. This feature allows users to reference other ISBN editions and formats related to a particular book, providing a more complete picture of the book’s publication history.