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Lady Fitzgerald · 03-10-2011, 10:20 PM

As Kovid said, it doesn't really matter. ISBN-13 is a newer standard because the old 10 digit standard was running out of room but ISBN-10 isn't likely to be phased out any time soon since so many older books only use it. When given a choice, I always enter the ISBN-13 "just because."

03-10-2011, 10:20 PM	#3
Lady Fitzgerald Wizard Posts: 2,013 Karma: 251649 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Tempe, AZ, USA, Earth Device: JetBook Lite (away from home) + 1 spare, 32" TV (at home)	As Kovid said, it doesn't really matter. ISBN-13 is a newer standard because the old 10 digit standard was running out of room but ISBN-10 isn't likely to be phased out any time soon since so many older books only use it. When given a choice, I always enter the ISBN-13 "just because."