Thirteen. Unlucky for some?
This article informs that there are fewer than 18 months to go before the new ISBN-13 becomes the only title identifier book traders will accept. But many small and mid-size publishers remain hazy about how to prepare for the change. In an industry full of people passionate about writing and literat...
| Publicado en: | Bookseller no. 5201; pp. 24 - 26 |
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Bookseller Media Ltd
10/21/2005
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| Sumario: | This article informs that there are fewer than 18 months to go before the new ISBN-13 becomes the only title identifier book traders will accept. But many small and mid-size publishers remain hazy about how to prepare for the change. In an industry full of people passionate about writing and literature, it is hard to motivate anyone to attend to numbers. The switch from ISBN-10 to the new 13-digit ISBN is estimated to be as significant for the book industry as Y2K preparations were to the business community as a whole. |
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