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In This Document Defining an ISBN Understanding the components of an ISBN Changing the ISBN from 10 to 13 digits Getting it: ISBN-13s are EANs Working with ISBN-13 Transitioning to ISBN-13 Becoming fully ISBN-13 compliant Using ISBNs and bar codes Knowing what to do when the ISBN on your book is printed wrong Discovering nifty Web sites to reference for ISBN information

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In this document, you find out what an ISBN is, how an ISBN is used, and what the components of an ISBN are. ISBN-13 For Dummies also explains the January 2007 transition of the ISBN from a 10-digit number to a 13-digit number. The purpose of this document is to help you understand how to work with ISBNs during and after the ISBN-13 transition, what things about ISBNs aren’t going to change, and how to handle the changes that are coming.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Icons Used in This Book

Where to Go from Here ....

ISBN-13: Everything You Need to Know .

What Is an ISBN? ....

The Components of an ISBN ..

Transitioning the ISBN from 10 to 13 Digits .

ISBN-13s Are EANs ..

Working with ISBN-13 ...

Handling the full ISBN-13 ..

Banking your ISBN-10s

Converting your ISBN-10s to ISBN-13s

Converting ISBN-13s back to ISBN-10s

Converting 979 ISBN-13s to ISBN-10s: Stop! Don’t Do It!

Transitioning to ISBN-13

Dual numbering ..

Reconfiguring databases .

Communicating electronically in 14 digits .

Becoming ISBN-13 Compliant

Working with ISBNs and Bar Codes

ISBN-13 bar codes contain no changes

ISBNs and UPCs

Argh, I can’t deal with all of this! Can someone else

create the bar code for me? .

Help! The ISBN Printed on My Book Is Wrong! .

Ten (Okay, Thirteen) Book Industry Web Sites

Appendix A: Glossary . .

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