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Subject Code

Virginie Bouilhac
Updated

Definition

A subject category code from the scheme identified (BISAC, BIC, THEMA etc), which will help catalogue ebooks.
--> Required field.

Best Practice

Please always include a subject code so customers can more easily find your ebooks. Category codes help discoverability on site. Your chosen codes correspond to our category stores on site, so the more specific you can be, the better.

While it's beneficial to have a main subject, you can include additional subject codes with increasing precision so your target audience will find your books.

 

Info Excel ONIX 2.1 ONIX 3.0
Reference Name Categorization Code:JNF001100
Categorization Type: BISAC 		BISAC
<BASICMainSubject>JNF001100</BASICMainSubject>
<Subject>
<SubjectSchemeIdentifier>10</SubjectSchemeIdentifier>
<SubjectCode>JNF028000</SubjectCode>
</Subject>

BIC
<BICMainSubject> YNU</BICMainSubject>
 
<Subject>
<MainSubject/>
<SubjectSchemeIdentifier>10</SubjectSchemeIdentifier>
<SubjectCode>JNF001000</SubjectCode>
</Subject>
<Subject>
<SubjectSchemeIdentifier>10</SubjectSchemeIdentifier>
<SubjectCode>JNF028020</SubjectCode>
</Subject>
Short Tag N/A BISAC
<b064>JNF001100</b064>
<subject>
<b067>10</b067>
<b069>JNF028000</b069>
<subject>

BIC
<b065>YNU</b065>
 
<subject>
<x425/>
<b067>10</b067>
<b069>JNF001000</b069>
</subject>
<subject>
<b067>10</b067>
<b069>JNF028020</b069>

Notes

Best practices recommend that books include up to 3 subject category codes if necessary to describe your book properly. 
Kobo only supports BISAC, THEMA, BIC and CLIL categories codes. (Please note that the CLIL codes are accepted but mapped to BISAC via our system).

2017 BISAC subjects codes are supported by Rakuten Kobo.

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