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WTF new ISBN system
Ummmm... Whut?
I have a lot of fansites dedicated to manga series where I list Japanese books (and any existing English translations thereof) giving their ISBN numbers. Today I was updating Pearl Song, and I was looking up the ISBN numbers of the new English volumes, and I find that...
Well, great! Now every book in existence has TWO ISBN NUMBERS. Even the ones published AFTER January 1st, 2007 are still being assigned an ISBN-10 and an ISBN-13 number.
Screw that. I'm going to stick with the ISBN-10 numbers for now, because that's what I've been using on all of my websites. I understand that the world is supposed to be switching over to ISBN-13 somehow, but... Well, as long as all new books are still being assigned ISBN-10 numbers in addition to ISBN-13 numbers... What's the point?
I have a lot of fansites dedicated to manga series where I list Japanese books (and any existing English translations thereof) giving their ISBN numbers. Today I was updating Pearl Song, and I was looking up the ISBN numbers of the new English volumes, and I find that...
Well, great! Now every book in existence has TWO ISBN NUMBERS. Even the ones published AFTER January 1st, 2007 are still being assigned an ISBN-10 and an ISBN-13 number.
Screw that. I'm going to stick with the ISBN-10 numbers for now, because that's what I've been using on all of my websites. I understand that the world is supposed to be switching over to ISBN-13 somehow, but... Well, as long as all new books are still being assigned ISBN-10 numbers in addition to ISBN-13 numbers... What's the point?