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What About ISBNs

From: MyIdentifiers.com, where you, as a self- or independent publisher will purchase the ISBNs for your books.
ISBN FAQs
Publication Formats, Reprints, Editions, etc.
- What’s the difference between a reprint and a new edition?
- If a second edition has the same title as the first, does it keep the same ISBN?
- How are ISBNs assigned to multi-volume works?
- How are ISBNs assigned to books in a series?
- Can ISBNs be assigned to loose-leaf volumes?
- How are ISBNs assigned to packages?
- Can ISBNs be assigned to magazines?
International Issues
- If a publisher is selling their books in another country, does the publisher have to get an ISBN for that country?
- If an ISBN is assigned in another country, does a US ISBN have to be gotten to sell the book in the US?
- Can a US fulfillment house assign an ISBN to a book with an ISBN assigned by another ISBN Agency in another country?
How Changes Affect the ISBN
- If the price of the book changes, does the ISBN?
- If changing the cover of a book, does a new ISBN have to be assigned?
- If typos are being corrected, is a new ISBN necessary?
Ownership and Re-usage Rights
- Can an ISBN be reused?
- If one company buys another, can the buyer use the ISBNs or do they have to get new ISBNs?
- I got my ISBN from my printer and now I want to make sure it’s in my name, how do I transfer the ISBN?
- If more than one publisher or self-publisher is publishing a book, whose ISBN goes on the book?
- What can be done when a book is printed with the wrong ISBN?
- Can I use one of my friend’s (or relative’s) ISBNs?
- If a spouse or family member passes away, can a relative or surviving spouse use the remaining ISBNs?
- If an author gets the publishing rights back, does the original publisher’s ISBN remain?
- Can a publisher keep the same prefix when ordering additional ISBNs?
- If I’m using a print-on-demand company (POD), whose ISBN goes on my book?
- Can ISBNs be assigned according to access rights?
Read more… https://www.myidentifiers.com/help/isbn#a3
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