Valid ISBN ?
José Marcio Martins da Cruz
jose.marcio.mc at gmail.com
Thu Aug 5 07:23:24 BST 2021
It's OK for me.
Thanks Robby
On 8/5/21 2:32 AM, Robby Stephenson wrote:
> Historically, ISBN values had 10 characters. To be consistent with EANs, going forward 13 characters can be used, by
> using a 978 prefix and the old 10 digits (minus the last checksum characters). The 979 prefix is the other "bookland"
> value. Until now, I hadn't actually known they were in circulation yet.
> https://www.isbn.org/about_ISBN_standard <https://www.isbn.org/about_ISBN_standard>
>
> Tellico should handle them appropriately (whether 10 or 13 characters) and whether starting with 978 or 979. Let me know
> if it doesn't.
>
> Robby
>
> On Wed, Aug 4, 2021 at 9:52 AM José Marcio Martins da Cruz <jose.marcio.mc at gmail.com <mailto:jose.marcio.mc at gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I've got a book with a ISBN number which seems to me invalid.
>
> I tried to find if there was a recent change in ISBN naming rules, but found nothing.
>
> Is someone can give me a clue ...
>
> The number is 9798717287746
>
> 97987 doesn't seems to me a valid prefix.
>
> Best regards
>
> José-Marcio
>
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