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Michael Healy is the Executive Director of the Book Industry Study Group (BISG), a non-profit membership body established in New York more than thirty years ago to improve the efficiency of the book industry through standards, research and information.

Michael has 25 years experience in the book industry, and before joining BISG in 2006 he spent seven years as Editorial Director of Nielsen Book Services, a leading supplier of information, transaction and market measurement services to the international book industry.

For much his career Michael has been involved in the development and management of standards for the book industry and its supply chain, with particular focus on standards for product identification, metadata and electronic commerce. He has been Chairman of the International ISBN Agency and a director of Book Industry Communication and the International DOI Foundation.