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ISBN-13 An Overview
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About BISG
Industry-wide trade association for policy, standards, and research, composed of:
Publishers
Libraries
Booksellers, Retailers
Wholesalers, Distributors
Printers and Paper Manufacturers
Consulting, Service & Tech Companies
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Agenda
ISBN-10 Transitions To ISBN-13 What is the transition?
Why is the transition happening?
ISBN-13 and the Bar Code
Global Trade Item Number - GTIN
An Invitation
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ISBN-10 Transitions to
ISBN-13
ISBN-13 – An Overview
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ISBN-10 Transitions To ISBN-13
As of January 1, 2007, the ISBN will be redefined in length and construction It will become a 13-digit identifier (ISBN-13) rather
than a 10-digit identifier (ISBN-10)
Initially, ISBN-13 will be identical to today’s Bookland EAN - 9780940016736
As the current supply of numbers is exhausted, some new ISBN-13s will be prefixed with ‘979’ instead of ‘978’
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ISBN-10 Components
0-940016-73-7
Part I – Language Group 0
Part II – (Assigning) Publisher940016
Part III – Title 73
Part IV – Check Digit 7
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ISBN-10 Transitions to ISBN-13
0-940016-73-7
978-0-940016-73-6
EAN Country Prefix 978 (979)
Part I – Language Group 0
Part II – (Assigning) Publisher940016
Part III – Title 73
Part IV – Check Digit 6
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Bookland EAN is the ISBN-13
For over 20 years, the Bookland EAN has been used as a mechanism to convey the ISBN-10
Now it will become the ISBN-13
ISBN-10
Bookland EAN
ISBN-13
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ISBN-13 – Why Is It Happening?
To increase available numbers for books There are many new publishers, especially small
presses, who need ISBNs
Publishing has increased significantly in areas where there was once little activity
To become part of the EAN.UCC global product numbering system for product identification ISBN-13 represents a step in standardization just
as ISBN-10 did 30 years ago
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Banking Your ISBN-10s
What about a publisher’s bank of existing ISBN-10s? Assigned to books
Unassigned, but allocated to that publisher
Convert them! Existing ISBNs are not replaced with a new,
different number
They convert to ISBN-13s
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Transitioning to the ISBN-13
A phased transition, as compared to an abrupt cutover, is always encouraged
Dual numbering (both numbers) is strongly advocated during the transition wherever ISBNs are displayed for human reading
ISBN-10 0-940016-73-7
ISBN-13 978-0-940016-73-6
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The Bar Code
ISBN-13 – An Overview
ISBN-13
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No Change In The Bar Code
The ISBN-10 transitions to the ISBN-13 in January 2007, but there is no change in the Bookland EAN bar code itself
ISBN-10UntilJanuary 2007
ISBN-10UntilJanuary 2007
Bookland EANBookland EAN
ISBN-13 Beginning in January 2007
ISBN-13 Beginning in January 2007
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Global Trade Item Number
ISBN-13 – An Overview
GTIN
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What is the GTIN?
The Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) is actually a family of identifiers that includes: UPC – Used by general retailing in the US EAN – Used by retailing globally ISBN-13 – Becoming the standard for books
“GTIN Format” means expressing any of these identifiers in fourteen digits by prefixing them with zeros This number is correctly called “EAN/UCC-14” It is widely referred to simply as “The GTIN”
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How Is The GTIN Used?
It is the item identifier for transactions in the global supply chain, such as:
Product Data (Metadata) Receiving
Ordering Invoicing
GTIN is not a product identifier for marking individual items
GTINs appear today on cartons (cases) in general retailing; they are especially noticeable in grocery stores
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How Is The GTIN Built?
At the item level, by placing the ISBN-13 (or any other EAN) in a 14-digit field and prefixing with ‘0’
Prefixes ‘1’ – ‘8’ have significance as packaging level indicators
ISBN-13
978-0-940016-73-6
GTIN
09780940016736
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Why The GTIN?
Adopting the 14-digit GTIN standard aligns the book industry with national and global supply chain practices Enables participation in global product data
synchronization (data distribution)
Permits the book supply chain to use package level choice (cartons, stacked on pallets)
The decision to offer package level choice lies with the supplier (publisher)
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GTIN – BISG Policies
BISG endorses only a 14-digit field length for electronic communications Communications practices are outward facing –
they affect trading partners
A single standard for electronic communication is essential to minimize confusion and duplicate provisions for electronic communications
BISG recommends a product identifier field of at least 14-digits in all databases If a system is SKU-based, then cross reference
tables and displays (screen and hard copy) should comply
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Recommendations
ISBN-13 – An Overview
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Recommendation – Phase It In
Use dual numbering during the transition, displaying both ISBN-10 and ISBN-13 in wherever the data is human readable
Take things one step at a time
Recognize that there is less urgency in the education sector as compared to trade bookselling
Begin the planning and transition process at an appropriate speed nevertheless
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Recommendation – Educate
Continue to educate yourself and your staff BISG website – www.bisg.org/isbn-13
– References to BISG pages and other sites– ISBN-13 For Dummies ®– Reports and papers on ISBN-13– Reports and papers on bar coding books
Recommend our “webinars” to your staffs and colleagues
Join BISG and participate with the ISBN-13 Task Force
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Book Industry Study Group, Inc.
For more information:
www.bisg.org/isbn-13
Or contact the BISG office at:[email protected]
(646) 336-7141
