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How has the ISBN change affected the way ISBNs are assigned to future publications?

April 26, 2017affected future ISBN ISBNs Publications

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How has the ISBN change affected the way ISBNs are assigned to future publications?

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Beginning January 1, 2007, ISBN agencies will begin allocating ISBNs beginning with the ISBN prefix ‘979’. Because ‘979’ ISBN-13s do not have equivalent ISBN-10s, those publishers who receive ‘979’ ISBNs will be required to publish books with an ISBN-13 for which no equivalent ISBN-10 will apply.