About BIC BIC (Book Industry Communication) is an independent organisation sponsored and part-funded by the Publishers' Association, Booksellers' Association, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, and the British Library to promote increased efficiency in the book and serials supply chain - physical and electronic - through the application of standard processes and procedures and e-commerce. One of BIC's primary areas of activity is supporting the electronic delivery of product information through the supply chain. It was responsible for bringing together data aggregators (e.g. BookData), booksellers and publishers to create the BIC Basic standards governing the timeliness and accuracy of product information available to the trade and, more recently, has played a prominent part in developing and promoting ONIX, the industry standard for the transmission of product data.