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theducks · 05-29-2023, 11:12 AM

Not exact what you asked for. Maybe you can run with this in the mean time.

This search finds ISBN13

Code:

identifiers:"=isbn:97"

this finds ISBN13 because ISBN13 start with 97

While some books had ISBN10 and ISBN13, not all did and many ISBN10 are different editions, so what does conversion to a nonresistant number get you?

I will bite: Why sort? AFAIK nobody 'shelves' books by ISBN, so the sort has no obvious use.
ISBN was created to aid a bookseller in ordering. They are basically just a serialized order number by Publisher. language-publisher-sequence-check digit (mod10)

05-29-2023, 11:12 AM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,231 Karma: 60807154 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Not exact what you asked for. Maybe you can run with this in the mean time. This search finds ISBN13 Code: identifiers:"=isbn:97" this finds ISBN13 because ISBN13 start with 97 While some books had ISBN10 and ISBN13, not all did and many ISBN10 are different editions, so what does conversion to a nonresistant number get you? I will bite: Why sort? AFAIK nobody 'shelves' books by ISBN, so the sort has no obvious use. ISBN was created to aid a bookseller in ordering. They are basically just a serialized order number by Publisher. language-publisher-sequence-check digit (mod10)