[Web4lib] Conversion between ISBN-10 and ISBN-13

[Jonathan Rochkind]

          Frequently Asked Questions about changes to the ISBN:

http://www.lac-bac.gc.ca/iso/tc46sc9/isbn.htm

Jonathan

Drew, Bill wrote:
> This still doesn't make sense to me.   Since ISBNs are assigned by the
> publishers to books, why would there be any conversion of 10 digit
> numbers to 13 digits?  The books are already published.  Why not just
> assign 13 digit numbers after a certain date and leave it at that?  Why
> convert 10 to 13 digit?  Can't systems simply handle both?  All of this
> probably sounds very naive on my part.
>
> Bill Drew
> drewwe at morrisville.edu
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