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Originally Posted by neilmarr
It's absolutely unnecessary for ebooks, Harry, because once a browser has identified his target ebook title, he has a choice of format download at his fingertips. With the greatest respect (and you know I mean that), you're putting forward the same flimsy argument that the commercial ISBN agencies tries to con us all with. There is NO need for separate ISBNs for individual ebook editions. Best wishes. Neil
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We're going to have to agree to differ about this one, Neil
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The purpose of an ISBN is to uniquely identify a particular product. I would certainly view the Kindle edition of an eBook to be a different product to the ePub edition of the same book, just as a hardback version of a book is a different product to the paperback edition of the same book.
I really don't regard it as a flimsy argument, but as a very valid one. But that's just my personal opinion, of course.