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Originally Posted by NASCARaddicted
But what about the ISBN Number? The book itself is from around 1886, and using ISBN just started about 90 years later. So what should I do now? Should I enter a fantasy number (and risking that another ebook also has the same number? Or should I leave it blank? Or is there a website where I can see what ISBN Number is available (and claim it - for free if possible, because I want to distribute it freely, here on MR)
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Small possible misconception here. The ISBN identifies a particular edition of a book, not the work itself. So even if the book you scanned had been published last year, your digital edition
should not have the same ISBN. There are even different ISBNs for hardcover and paperback editions, let alone the same public domain book published by different publishers...
But as other have said, you don't need an ISBN for your book, just some unique identifier, which you can make up yourself.