On January 1, 2007, the book industry will begin using 13 digit ISBNs to identify all books in supply chain.This change is happening for the following reasons:
1. To expand the numbering capacity of the ISBN system and alleviate numbering shortages in certain areas of the world;
2. To fully align the numbering system for books with the global EAN.UCC identification system that is widely used to identify most other consumer goods worldwide.
3. Two new prefixes are being created. The 978 prefix will be added in front of the current ISBN-10 and with the addition of a new check digit at the end
Learn more :http://www.isbn.org/standards/home/isbn/transition.asp
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