Banmoto.com General Incorporated Association

New email newsletter 'Weekly Access Ranking' launch [Goken, Takashima, Secretariat]

Preliminary briefing on Content Emergency Digitization Project

Start of display of TOP10 accesses for 'Near Publication Search Beta'

65th 'Banmoto.com LLC Joint-Stock Company Meeting' held / Venue: Secretariat

Basic briefing on use of management screen [Lecturer: Secretariat] / Venue: Secretariat / 3 companies participating

Attendance at preliminary briefing on Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry 'Fiscal Year 2011 Regional Economic Industry Revitalization Subsidy' (Disaster area market development support project (Content Emergency Digitization Project)) [Secretariat, Hidaka]

Change to send FAX to members only to companies that wish to receive

Content Emergency Digitization Project Expert Committee [Aoyumi Co., Yano]

66th 'Banmoto.com LLC Joint-Stock Company Meeting' held / Venue: Aoyumi Co.

Seminar for publishers on Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry 'Content Emergency Digitization Subsidy Project' and Publishing Digital Agency project held

Publishing Digital Agency, Founders Meeting

Basic briefing on use of Banmoto.com management screen [Lecturer: Secretariat] / Venue: Secretariat / 2 companies participating

67th "Banmon Dot Com LLC Cooperative Meeting" held / Venue: Secretariat

"Book Market @ Koenji Fest" Caretaker Meeting

68th "Banmon Dot Com LLC Cooperative Meeting" held / Venue: Aoyumi Co.

Publishing Digital Organization & Kindeji briefing [Lecturers: Pot Publishing – Sawabe, Tokyo Denki University Publishing Bureau – Uemura] / Venue: Conference Room Nami / 60 participants

Banmon Dot Com Management Screen Basic Training [Lecturer: Secretariat] / Venue: Secretariat / 2 companies participated

Banmon Dot Com West Japan Meeting held [Dispatch: Pot Publishing – Sawabe] / Venue: Shin-Osaka Maru Building Main Hall

69th "Banmon Dot Com LLC Cooperative Meeting" held / Venue: Secretariat

Banmon Dot Com West Japan Meeting held / Venue: Shin-Osaka Maru Building

FAX DM service, changed specifications of refusal stores

Banmon Dot Com Member Assembly / Theme "Role and Possibilities of Libraries" [Lecturer: Deputy Director of Minami-Soma City Central Library – Koki Hayakawa, Listener: Toshiaki Ishibashi] / Venue: Tomiyamabou Folio / 73 participants

JPO Regular General Meeting [Secretariat – Ishizuka]

New Release Retweet Campaign via Banmon Dot Com Account [Goken – Takashima]

70th "Banmon Dot Com LLC Cooperative Meeting" held / Venue: Aoyumi Co.

Cooperative members study session on Amazon

Banmon Dot Com Management Screen Basic Training [Lecturer: Secretariat] / Venue: Secretariat / 2 companies participated

New release catalog for overseas libraries, adoption information for June publications

Publishing Digital Organization Shareholder Meeting

Cooperative members study session on Amazon

71st "Banmon Dot Com LLC Cooperative Meeting" held / Venue: Secretariat

72nd "Banmon Dot Com LLC Cooperative Meeting" held / Venue: Aoyumi Co.

Bantam Dot Com West Japan Conference / Venue: Shin-Osaka Maru Building

Bantam Dot Com Management Screen Basic Training Session [Instructor: Secretariat] / Venue: Secretariat

73rd "Bantam Dot Com LLC Cooperative Meeting" / Venue: Secretariat

PayPal Payment Started

Attended "EDItEUR ONIX for Books Steering Committee" as a member of the JPO Near-Current Information Center Technical Committee (held at Frankfurt Book Fair) [Secretariat, Hidaka]

Emergency Digital Response Meeting

74th "Bantam Dot Com LLC Cooperative Meeting" / Venue: Aoyumi Co.

Participated in "Book Market @ Koenji"

Bantam Dot Com Management Screen Basic Training Session [Instructor: Secretariat] / Venue: Secretariat

Bantam Dot Com Study Session / Theme "How to Market in Libraries?" [Instructors: Kasama Shoin & Keisuke Okada, Style Note & Shigeru Ikeda] / Venue: Conference Room, Utsumi / 45 participants

75th "Bantam Dot Com LLC Cooperative Meeting" / Venue: Secretariat

Web Version "2012 Our Company’s One Book" Published [Secretariat]

Lecture "The Future of Bookstores, Publishers, and Authors" [Instructor: Sano Ei] / Venue: Tomiyama House Folio / 70 participants

Year-End Party / Venue: Tomiyama House Folio / 73 participants

76th "Bantam Dot Com LLC Cooperative Meeting" / Venue: Aoyumi Co.

Stopped using Lumière Card Payments → Consolidated to PayPal

Started Providing Information to Hong Kong & Guangzhou University Libraries

Resolved Shopping-Related Issues

Bantam Dot Com Management Screen Basic Training Session [Instructor: Secretariat] / Venue: Secretariat

77th "Bantam Dot Com LLC Cooperative Meeting" / Venue: Aoyumi Co.

Bantam Dot Com New Year's Party / 28 participants

Tokyo Denki University Publishing Bureau members leave the union

Bantam Dot Com West Japan Study Session / Theme "How to Market a Library?" [Speaker: Kasama Shoin, Keisuke Okada] / Venue: Shin-Osaka Maru Building Main Hall / 20 participants

Bantam Dot Com Study Session / Theme "Introduction to Publicity" [Speakers: Shinyo Publishing, Style Note, Aoyumi Publishing, Pot Publishing] / Venue: Conference Room, Utsumi / 45 participants

78th Bantam Dot Com LLC Joint Meeting / Venue: Secretariat

Survey on events related to Bantam Dot Com for members and friends

New Release Search Beta, RSS Feed for New Items launched

Basic Bantam Dot Com Management Screen Usage Seminar / Speaker: Secretariat / Venue: Secretariat

79th Bantam Dot Com LLC Joint Meeting / Venue: Aoyumi Publishing

80th Bantam Dot Com LLC Joint Meeting / Venue: Secretariat

Bantam Dot Com West Japan Meeting / Venue: Shin-Osaka Maru Building

Basic Bantam Dot Com Management Screen Usage Seminar / Speaker: Secretariat / Venue: Secretariat

81st Bantam Dot Com LLC Joint Meeting / Venue: Aoyumi Publishing

Bantam Dot Com Member Assembly / Venue: Koishikawa Kan Tokutei / Talk "Sending Digital Library Materials from the National Diet Library to Libraries" / Speaker: National Diet Library, Director of Electronic Information, Masaki Nakayama / Listener: Hideo Sawabe [Pot Publishing]

82nd Bantam Dot Com LLC Joint Meeting / Venue: Secretariat

"Bookstores Never Die" Korean Edition Publication & Reprint Celebration Talk Event / "Bookstores of Neighboring Countries" Speaker: Shigeno Shige (Korean translator) / Ishibashi Toshi (author) / Venue: Tokyo Dō Bookstore Kanda Jimbocho 6th Floor Hall

Link "Search in Online Bookstores" added to individual bibliographic pages of National Diet Library Search, linking to Bantam Dot Com

Basic Bantam Dot Com Management Screen Usage Seminar / Speaker: Secretariat / Venue: Secretariat

83rd Bantam Dot Com LLC Joint Meeting / Venue: Aoyumi Publishing

Bantam Dot Com West Japan Meeting / Venue: Shin-Osaka Maru Building

"Bantou Dot Com Encyclopedia" completed. 2000 copies produced and shipped to member companies and associates.

84th Bantou Dot Com LLC General Meeting. Venue: Secretariat.

Removed unused items from the bibliographic data entry system.

Bantou Dot Com sister site "New Release Search Beta" achieved 100,000 monthly page views.

Sponsored memorial event for Aozora Bunko and Tomita Toshio, and established a foundation.

Started recruitment for book deliveries to Kumamoto City Plaza Library.

Basic training session on using the Bantou Dot Com management screen. Instructor: Secretariat. Venue: Secretariat.

85th Bantou Dot Com LLC General Meeting. Venue: Aoyumi Co.

Participated in the Book and Art Direct Market @ Koenji Festival 2013.

Bantou Dot Com West Japan Meeting. Venue: Shin-Osaka Maru Building.

Started linking from National Diet Library Search results to the bibliographic information page on the Bantou Dot Com site.

Adapted to the free BooksLink service of the Book Association.

Basic training session on using the Bantou Dot Com management screen. Instructor: Secretariat. Venue: Secretariat.

86th Bantou Dot Com LLC General Meeting. Venue: Secretariat.

Revised FAX DM service usage fees.

Added "Find eBooks" link to the bibliographic information page.

Fax Utilization Study Session. Instructor: Japan Telecom (Inc.) representative. Venue: Conference room inside Umi.

Hosted BOOKEXPO [Bantou Dot Com West Japan].

Launched member web serial update information page.

Distributed press releases (added links to "Japanese Used Book Store" and "Cariril").

"Bantam Dot Com Library Recommendation Catalog" & On-site Sample Tour Guide

Basic Training on Bantam Dot Com Management Interface – Instructor: Secretariat, Venue: Secretariat

Contribution to "Japan's Used Book Store" newsletter with a link from Bantam Dot Com

Add "Read/Write Reviews on Reading Meter" button to bibliographic information page

Bantam Dot Com West Japan Year-End Party – Venue: Shin-Osaka Maru Building Main Hall

Publication of "Our Company’s One Book of 2013" page

Release of Bantam Dot Com Annual Access Ranking Top 100

88th Bantam Dot Com LLC Meeting – Venue: Secretariat

Settlement of plaza library usage fees with participating companies

Delivery of TRC Joint Project Catalog

Basic Training on Bantam Dot Com Management Interface – Instructor: Secretariat, Venue: Secretariat

89th Bantam Dot Com LLC Meeting – Venue: Takao Co., Ltd. Conference Room

"Paper" Training Session – Instructor: Takao Co., Ltd. Representative, Venue: Takao Co., Ltd. Conference Room

New Year's Party – Venue: Dining Café Esperia (68 participants)

90th Bantam Dot Com LLC Meeting – Venue: Secretariat

Rakuten Books / Rakuten KOBO Explanation Session

Basic Training on Bantam Dot Com Management Interface – Instructor: Secretariat, Venue: Secretariat

91st Bantam Dot Com LLC Meeting – Venue: Aoyumi Co.

"Regarding Transfer of Bibliographic Information to TRC and honto" – Changed to automatic sending at scheduled times

System Maintenance Due to Consumption Tax Rate Change

Basic training on using the Banmoto.com management screen. Instructor: Secretariat. Venue: Secretariat.

92nd Banmoto.com LLC Joint-Stock Company Meeting. Venue: Secretariat.

Participated in Ueno no Mori Parent-Child Festa.

Tag Fair '2014 Anti-Hate & Anti-Racism Fair' begins.

Ensure book covers appear in tag and search result listings.

Basic training on using the Banmoto.com management screen. Instructor: Secretariat. Venue: Secretariat.

93rd Banmoto.com LLC Joint-Stock Company Meeting. Venue: Aoyumi Co., Ltd.

Start of the 'Reprint Ready' corner.

Collaboration meeting with Tokyo Used Book Commercial Cooperative.

'2014 Anti-Hate & Anti-Racism Fair' featured in Asahi Shimbun morning edition.

Banmoto.com lecture 'How Publishers Not Engaged Much in eBooks Can Approach' Instructor: Kadokawa/Director of Digital Production, Hōta. Venue: Ocha Navigate (25 participants).

Introduction to Using Banmoto.com. Instructor: Secretariat. Venue: Secretariat.

Recruitment begins for the 'Mitsumura Bookstore On-Demand Service & Interactive Book Solution' briefing.

94th Banmoto.com LLC Joint-Stock Company Meeting on June 24. Venue: Koishikawa Kanton Tei.

Banmoto.com Member Assembly on June 24. Venue: Koishikawa Kanton Tei. Lecture 'Trends in the Publishing Industry in 2014' by Cultural Communications Co., Ltd. Hoshino Wataru (56 participants).

Banmoto.com West Japan Conference on June 27. Venue: Shin-Osaka Maru Building.

July 10: Mr. Nagamine from Maruzen & Junkudo Net Store visits. Venue: Secretariat.

July 18: JPO Near Publication Information Center Technical Committee [Secretariat・Hidaka].

July 18: Mitsumura Bookstore On-Demand Service & Interactive Book Solution briefing. Venue: Mitsumura Bookstore Jimbocho Main Store.

95th Banmoto.com LLC Joint-Stock Company Meeting on July 23. Venue: Secretariat.

08.18 Sent email confirming continued membership, Secretariat

08.22 'Introduction to Using Banmoto.com' Lecturer: Secretariat Venue: Secretariat

08.27 96th Banmoto.com LLC Cooperative Meeting Venue: Aoyumi Press

08.28 JPO Information Infrastructure Development Committee

09.05 Plus d. (tentative) Management Meeting

09.05 JPO Near-Release Information Center Technical Subcommittee [Secretariat・Hidaka]

09.17 Release Calendar Published

09.22 97th Banmoto.com LLC Cooperative Meeting Venue: Secretariat

09.26 'Introduction to Using Banmoto.com' Lecturer: Secretariat Venue: Secretariat

09.30 JPO Information Infrastructure Center System Personnel Briefing

10.01 JPO Information Infrastructure Center Technical WG [Secretariat・Hidaka]

10.07 Sent email urging registration of companies that have stopped new title registrations since August 2013, Secretariat

10.07 JPO Near-Release Information Center Technical Subcommittee [Secretariat・Hidaka]

10.08 EDItEUR, Thema ISC / ONIX for Books ISC (participate via Skype)

10.21 'Introduction to Using Banmoto.com' Lecturer: Secretariat Venue: Secretariat

10.22 98th Banmoto.com LLC Cooperative Meeting Venue: Aoyumi Press

10.29 JPO Information Infrastructure Center, Publishing Rights & Bibliographic Information Infrastructure Development Committee Technical WG [Secretariat・Hidaka]

10.30 Banmoto.com Study Session 'Creating, Collecting, Delivering Book Covers' Lecturer: [Taro Jiro Publishing Edits・Suda] Venue: Conference Room Umi

10.28 "Introduction to Using Publishing Dot Com" Lecturer: Secretariat Venue: Secretariat

11.01-02 Participated in Book and Art Direct Sale Market @ Koenji Festival 2014

11.06 JPO Near-Release Information Center Technical Committee [Secretariat・Hidaka]

11.14 JPO Information Infrastructure Center, Publishing Rights & Bibliographic Information Infrastructure Rights & System Joint WG [Secretariat & Hidaka]

11.21 Site Renewal Meeting Venue: Secretariat

11.26 99th Meeting of the Publishing Dot Com LLC Cooperative & Cooperative Meeting Venue: Secretariat

11.28 JPO Near-Release Information Center Management Committee [Pot Publishing & Sawabe]

12.12 JPO Publishing Information Center Management Committee [Pot Publishing & Sawabe]

12.16 "2014: One Book from Our Company" Page Release

12.17 100th Meeting of the Publishing Dot Com LLC Cooperative & Cooperative Meeting Venue: Aoyumi Publishing

12.18 Publishing Dot Com Study Session "Creating, Collecting, and Delivering Book Covers" Resume Release

12.18 Publishing Dot Com Annual Access Ranking Release TOP100 Release

12.26 Publishing Dot Com West Japan Year-End Party Venue: Shin-Osaka Maru Building

01.20 Publishing Information Registration Center Management Committee [Pot Publishing & Sawabe]

01.20 Publishing Information Registration Center Bibliographic Information Promotion Subcommittee [Goken & Takashima]

01.22 Publishing Information Registration Center System & Policy Committee [Pot Publishing & Sawabe]

01.22 "Introduction to Using Publishing Dot Com" Lecturer: Secretariat Venue: Secretariat

01.27 Publishing Information Registration Center Bibliographic Item & Technical Subcommittee [Goken & Takashima / Secretariat & Hidaka]

01.28 101st Meeting of the Publishing Dot Com LLC Cooperative & Cooperative Meeting Venue: Aoyumi Publishing

01.29 Key Points of Publishing Contracts After the Revised Copyright Law Lecturer: Attorney Yoshio Kitamura Venue: Koishikawa Kan Tokutei

01.29 Publishing Dot Com New Year's Party Venue: Koishikawa Kan Tokutei (57 participants)

02.04 Publishing Information Registration Center Management Committee [Pot Publishing & Sawabe]

02.05 Start of Facebook group for site renewal announcements by Banmoto Dot Com

02.17 Publication Information Registration Center policy meeting [Pot Publishing, Sawabe]

02.20 Meeting about sales of books by Hon (Maruzen Junkudo Online Bookstore) and Banmoto Dot Com

02.20 "Introduction to Using Banmoto Dot Com" Lecturer: Secretariat Venue: Secretariat

02.25 102nd Banmoto Dot Com LLC Cooperative Meeting Venue: Secretariat

03.05 Banmoto Dot Com shopping cart removes "Gender" field

03.05 Japanese used book store meeting [Secretariat, Hidaka/Style Note, Ikeda]

03.07 Power outage due to building construction, server down half a day

03.13 Interim and press releases supporting emergency statement draft on TPP IP provisions

03.20 "Introduction to Using Banmoto Dot Com" Lecturer: Secretariat Venue: Secretariat

03.25 103rd Banmoto Dot Com LLC Cooperative Meeting Venue: Aoyumi Co.

04.06 Near‑release Information Center management committee [Pot Publishing, Sawabe]

04.07 Executive committee meeting of Plus E‑book Fair

04.09 Decision to sponsor "Book School"

04.15 "Introduction to Using Banmoto Dot Com" Venue: Shin‑Osaka Maru Building Lecturer: Secretariat, Ishizuka

04.16 JPO Publication Information Registration Center promotion working group [Goken, Takashima]

04.22 104th Banmoto Dot Com LLC Cooperative Meeting Venue: Secretariat

04.24 Site renewal announcement via Banmoto Dot Com mailing list

04.28 "Trial Reading" test operation begins

05.11 "Trial Reading" button implemented on site

05.21 "Bantou Dot Com Utilization Introduction" [Secretariat]

05.27 105th Bantou Dot Com Union Meeting Venue: Aoyumi Co.

06.03 Bantou Dot Com Member Assembly JPO Publishing Information Registration Center Briefing Venue: Daily Sales Staff Cafeteria

06.19 "Bantou Dot Com Utilization Introduction" [Secretariat]

06.24 106th Bantou Dot Com Union Meeting Venue: Secretariat