ISBN-13 For Dummies, Special Edition
Zoë Wykes, "ISBN-13 For Dummies, Special Edition"
Wiley Publishing, Inc. | ISBN: 0555023400 | 2005 | 30 pages | PDF | 6.7 MB
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
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 . .