Published in: Publishers Weekly

"The Book Industry Study Group sent out an alert yesterday regarding several instances in which publishers have appeared to jump the gun on using new ISBN codes. While all books need to carry a 13-digit ISBN code by next year, the prefix publishers need to use to make the transition from 10 to 13 digits is 978, not 979. The 979 prefix is not likely to be activated until mid 2008, said BISG's Angela Bole. . ."

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