An Evolution in

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• An Evolution in
• Book Identification
• Simple Steps to ISBN -13
• For Everybody

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• Step 1 Understand the basic nature of the ISBN
  change
• The ISBN is the tool we use to identify books
• in daily communications.
• in business transactions.
• with customers, co-workers and trading partners.
• Changing the ISBN standard means we are changing
  the way we label and identify books in daily
  communications and in business trade.

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• Step 2 Standards adoption is voluntary
• There is no law or regulation requiring trading
  partners to adopt ISBN-13.
• Each organisation must decide whether, when and
  how to adopt ISBN-13.
• Organisations adopt standards because they
  provide an efficient predefined way to transact
  business with trading partners.

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• Step 3 Readiness to adopt ISBN-13 will vary by
  trading partner
• Early Adopters are ready now.
• On Time Adopters ready by January 2007.
• Delayed Adopters not ready by 2007.
• Non Adopters not planning to change.

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• Step 4 10 Digit ISBNs are not going away
• 10 Digit ISBNs exist on millions of books in
  print.
• Substantial inventories of books with 10 digit
  ISBNs exist in publisher warehouses and in the
  supply chain.
• Many publishers have substantial supplies of
  unassigned 10 digit ISBNs.
• Some publishers will continue to include 10 digit
  ISBNs on new books until they are satisfied the
  marketplace is able to handle 13 digits.

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• Step 5 There are standard rules for converting
  the ISBN-10 into ISBN-13
• Begin with any 10 digit ISBN 123456789-0
• Eliminate the check digit 123456789-
• Add the prefix 978 978-123456789-
• Calculate a new check digit 978-123456789-4
• The ISBN-10 123456789-0
• Converts to the ISBN-13 978-123456789-4

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• Step 6 Any ISBN-13 prefixed with 978 can be
  converted back to an ISBN-10
• Any ISBN-13 prefixed with 978 978-123456789-4
• Eliminate the check digit 978-123456789-
• Drop the 978 123456789-
• Compute a new check digit 123456789-0
• The ISBN-13 978-123456789-4
• Converts to the ISBN-10 123456789-0

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• Step 7 The new 13 digit ISBN already appears on
  books
• The new ISBN is the13 digit number currently
  displayed below and encoded within the Bookland
  EAN-13 bar code. Its just not labelled as the
  ISBN.

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• Step 8 The numbering capacity of the ISBN
  system is being expanded by introducing a new
  ISBN-EAN prefix
• A new ISBN-EAN Prefix 979 will be introduced
  after January 1, 2007.
• The core 9 digits following 978 will be used
  with 979 and assigned to different publishers.
• ISBN 978-123456789-0
• ISBN 979-123456789-1
• Publisher Prefixes will be different for 979
  ISBNs.

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• Step 9 It is not possible to convert an ISBN-13
  beginning with 979 into a 10 digit ISBN
• 10 digit ISBNs will not exist for 13 digit
  ISBNs beginning with 979.
• Trading partners need to use 13 digits if they
  wish to handle these books.

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• Step 11 Book labelling prior to 2007
• SSC and other book standard organisations
  currently recommend displaying the ISBN-10 above
  the Bookland bar code on the back cover of all
  books published prior to January 2007.

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ISBN 1-4028-9462-7
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• Step 12 Book labelling from 2007
• SSC and other book standard organisations
  recommend displaying the ISBN-13 above the
  Bookland EAN-13 bar code on the back cover of
  books published on or after January 1, 2007.

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ISBN 978-1-4028-9462-6
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• Step 13 Not recommended but expect to see books
  labelled with dual ISBNs as the industry makes
  the transition to ISBN-13

ISBN-10 1-4028-9462-7 ISBN-13 978-1-4028-9462-6
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• Step 14 The ISBN-13 is part of a larger family
  of product identifiers under the EAN.UCC System
• EAN EAN International
• GTIN Global Trade Item Number
• UCC Uniform Code Council
• Any EAN.UCC system product identifier
• Any EAN-14 is a GTIN - includes the ISBN-13
• Any UCC-12 (aka UPC-12) is a GTIN

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• Step 15 The EAN.UCC rule for converting any
  GTIN into the EAN/UCC-14 digit form is to
• Right justify and left zero fill.
• EAN/UCC-13 ( ISBN-13) 9781234567890.
• EAN-13 as EAN/UCC-14 09781234567890.
• UCC-12 (aka UPC-12) 121234567890.
• UCC-12 as EAN/UCC-14 00121234567890.

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• Step 16 The Book Industry standards for EDI
  will change
• Original BISAC fixed formats are inflexible and
  will not be updated.
• BISAC fixed format users must upgrade to
• ONIX and Other XML standards as they are defined.
• ASC X12 or EDIFACT - allows transmission of Book
  Identifiers as ISBN-10, ISBN-13 (EAN-13) or
  EAN/UCC-14, separately or simultaneously.

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• Step 17 Develop an ISBN-13 Implementation
  Strategy for your Organisation
• Identify where ISBNs are used.
• Determine where business processes need to
  change.
• Introduce capability to handle ISBN-13, along
  with all other EAN-13s and GTIN where applicable.
• Retain capability to handle ISBN-10.

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• Step 18 Work with your employees, system
  providers, book suppliers, libraries and industry
  organizations to
• Inform and educate employees, suppliers, and
  customers about the change.
• Phase In use of ISBN-13.
• Phase Out use of ISBN-10.
• Produce or capture appropriate metadata.
• Develop a method of receiving and sending
  metadata ONIX recommended.

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• Where to get more information
• Australian Publishers Association
• www.publishers.asn.au
• Book Industry Study Group - US
• www.bisg.org
• Editeur An International organisation
  developing EDI for Books and serials.
• www.editeur.org
• BIC Book Industry Communication - UK
• www.bic.org.uk
• This presentation will be available for download
  from the APA web site above.

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