BISAC Book Codes – HIS Publishing Group
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BISAC Book Codes

The BISAC Subject Heading List is industry-approved and facilitates the publishing and distribution process.

The lists of subject headings are each represented by a nine-character alphanumeric code. The overall list has 50 major headings. Most are listed below. Within each major subject heading are of detailed descriptors representing subtopics that the BISAC Subject Heading Committee has deemed most appropriate for the major topic.

Most of the major book distributors, including Amazon, Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble, Bookscan, Booksense, Indigo, and Ingram use the BISAC Subject Heading List. These users require publishers to submit data to them using the BISAC Subject Headings.

The following is a list of BISAC SUBJECT HEADINGS we accept:

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES
ARCHITECTURE
ART
BIBLES
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
COMPUTERS
COOKING
CRAFTS & HOBBIES
DESIGN
DRAMA
EDUCATION
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
FICTION
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY
GAMES
GARDENING
HEALTH & FITNESS
HISTORY
HOUSE & HOME
HUMOR
JUVENILE FICTION
JUVENILE NONFICTION

LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
LAW
LITERARY COLLECTIONS
LITERARY CRITICISM
MATHEMATICS
MEDICAL
MUSIC
NATURE
PERFORMING ARTS
PETS
PHILOSOPHY
PHOTOGRAPHY
POETRY
POLITICAL SCIENCE
PSYCHOLOGY
REFERENCE
RELIGION
SCIENCE
SELF-HELP
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SPORTS & RECREATION
STUDY AIDS
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
TRANSPORTATION
TRAVEL
TRUE CRIME

Visit the BISG website for a complete listing of all BISAC codes.

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