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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
Yes, and trad publishers automatically buy the ISBN for the mobi and epub and print (you have to buy separate ones for each). For indies this is an added expense that means you may have to buy a package deal of about 120 dollars worth of ISBNs in order to give each file format an ISBN. (For example, my print books have an ISBN, but my digital ones do not. I can purchase one for the digital, but need to purchase one for epub and one for mobi.)
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Smashwords has a scheme whereby a ISBN (for epub) is thrown in (needed for Apple or Kobo).
https://www.smashwords.com/about/supportfaq
And IIRC many publishers don't bother getting an ISBN for mobi since Amazon don't require it.
If you are a Canadian citizen, you can get your ISBNs for free at
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/c...i/index-e.html