Information and documentation — Statistics on the production and distribution of books, newspapers, periodicals and electronic publications

ISO 9707:2008 gives guidance on the keeping of national statistics to provide standardized information on various aspects of the production and distribution of printed, electronic and micro-publications (essentially books, newspapers and periodicals). In addition, ISO 9707:2008 provides recommendations on subject classification.

ISO 9707:2008 is not applicable to the following types of publications:

publications issued for advertising purposes, where the literary or scientific text is subsidiary and the publications are distributed free of charge, including

trade catalogues, prospectuses and other types of commercial, industrial and tourist advertising, and
publications advertising products or services supplied by the publisher, even though they might describe activities or technical progress in some branch of industry or commerce;

publications considered to be of a transitory character; typical examples are

timetables, price-lists, telephone directories,
programmes of entertainments, exhibitions, fairs,
company regulations, reports and directives and circulars,
calendars, and
electronic texts under development;

publications in which the text is not the most important part, i