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I have books from the 1950's with ISBNs in them. So 1970 cannot be right. 79.106.209.200 ( talk) 09:26, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
Was there at some time a system of suffixes for (I)SBNs? The 1975 printing of L. Sprague de Camp's Lost Continents says "SBN 345-24379-X-195" (see https://archive.org/details/lostcontinentsat00deca/page/n5). Obviously first nine digits are the SBN, but what about the "-195"? (Maybe it indicates the original publisher of the first edition?) Web searches haven't turned up anything. KarenSutherland ( talk) 07:10, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
Interested editors are invited to look at WT:ISBN#Hyphens in ISBNs. – S. Rich ( talk) 02:27, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
Would it be too terrible to add an example link to an ISBN look-up site in the External Link section? I would have added one but there is a big warning message not to. I realise that a number of similar links is not desired, maybe just one as an example would serve to show that such look-up sites exist and also to point the poor user in the direction of one. https://www.isbnsearcher.com/ for example seems reasonably generic — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1dragon ( talk • contribs) 11:22, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
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Please restore the -10 and -13 suffixes where needed for clarity (mainly in the Check Digits section). Currently, the headings in that section read:
They should read:
Also, the sentence "An ISBN is converted to ISBN by prepending "978" to the ISBN and recalculating the final checksum digit using the ISBN algorithm." should read "An ISBN-10 is converted to ISBN-13 by prepending "978" to the ISBN and recalculating the final checksum digit using the ISBN algorithm." 68.126.194.102 ( talk) 00:30, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
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Requesting addition of information to this page in section: Overview, under: Issuing process, entering information: Argentina - ISBN AR since 1982 administered by Cámara Argentina del Libro ISBN Argentina WYMORE2010 ( talk) 13:33, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
A full directory of ISBN agencies is available on the International ISBN Agency website. A list for a few countries is given below(emphasis added). The article does not include an exhaustive list and there's no compelling reason to add Argentina. voorts ( talk/ contributions) 20:16, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
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Change the establishment date from 1970 to 1967, as this is the more accurate date. My source is " https://www.archwaypublishing.com/en/faq/10-things-you-should-know-about-isbn" Guano islands ( talk) 02:01, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
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Please remove these phrases:
will each have a different ISBN. will each have a different ISBN assigned to it.
and replace them with:
must each have a different ISBN. must each have a different ISBN assigned to it.
#1 is a lede summary dependent on #2, which relies on a source that says that each edition "shall be assigned" a different ISBN. Sometimes, publishers don't comply and don't assign separate ISBNs to different editions, so "will" is wrong, but "must" isn't affected by non-compliance. 123.51.107.94 ( talk) 00:55, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
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On 16 April 2022, it was proposed that this article be moved from International Standard Book Number to ISBN. The result of the discussion was moved. |
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I have books from the 1950's with ISBNs in them. So 1970 cannot be right. 79.106.209.200 ( talk) 09:26, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
Was there at some time a system of suffixes for (I)SBNs? The 1975 printing of L. Sprague de Camp's Lost Continents says "SBN 345-24379-X-195" (see https://archive.org/details/lostcontinentsat00deca/page/n5). Obviously first nine digits are the SBN, but what about the "-195"? (Maybe it indicates the original publisher of the first edition?) Web searches haven't turned up anything. KarenSutherland ( talk) 07:10, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
Interested editors are invited to look at WT:ISBN#Hyphens in ISBNs. – S. Rich ( talk) 02:27, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
Would it be too terrible to add an example link to an ISBN look-up site in the External Link section? I would have added one but there is a big warning message not to. I realise that a number of similar links is not desired, maybe just one as an example would serve to show that such look-up sites exist and also to point the poor user in the direction of one. https://www.isbnsearcher.com/ for example seems reasonably generic — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1dragon ( talk • contribs) 11:22, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
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Please restore the -10 and -13 suffixes where needed for clarity (mainly in the Check Digits section). Currently, the headings in that section read:
They should read:
Also, the sentence "An ISBN is converted to ISBN by prepending "978" to the ISBN and recalculating the final checksum digit using the ISBN algorithm." should read "An ISBN-10 is converted to ISBN-13 by prepending "978" to the ISBN and recalculating the final checksum digit using the ISBN algorithm." 68.126.194.102 ( talk) 00:30, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
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Requesting addition of information to this page in section: Overview, under: Issuing process, entering information: Argentina - ISBN AR since 1982 administered by Cámara Argentina del Libro ISBN Argentina WYMORE2010 ( talk) 13:33, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
A full directory of ISBN agencies is available on the International ISBN Agency website. A list for a few countries is given below(emphasis added). The article does not include an exhaustive list and there's no compelling reason to add Argentina. voorts ( talk/ contributions) 20:16, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
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Change the establishment date from 1970 to 1967, as this is the more accurate date. My source is " https://www.archwaypublishing.com/en/faq/10-things-you-should-know-about-isbn" Guano islands ( talk) 02:01, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
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Please remove these phrases:
will each have a different ISBN. will each have a different ISBN assigned to it.
and replace them with:
must each have a different ISBN. must each have a different ISBN assigned to it.
#1 is a lede summary dependent on #2, which relies on a source that says that each edition "shall be assigned" a different ISBN. Sometimes, publishers don't comply and don't assign separate ISBNs to different editions, so "will" is wrong, but "must" isn't affected by non-compliance. 123.51.107.94 ( talk) 00:55, 29 January 2024 (UTC)