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Old 11-09-2011, 06:53 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by JD Gumby View Post
Books can have different ISBN 10 & ISBN 13 numbers for each publisher & format (hardcover, trade paperback, mass-market paperback. ebook) combo of a book, which is probably why you didn't find it.

For example, the Ballantine Books mass-market paperback of Anne Rice's classic "Interview With the Vampire" (used because that was the nearest book to me on my shelf that I knew was on Kobo) has ISBNs of 978-0-345-33766-5 & 0-345-33766-2 while the Random House ebook version (what Kobo sells) has ISBNs of 978-0-307-57585-2 & 0-307-57585-3.
This is true. We're required to provide different ISBNs for different formats or editions. In fact, most publishers have different ISBNs for different ebook formats -- MOBI and EPUB versions will have different ISBNs, for example.
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