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Originally Posted by Falbe Publishing
I suppose the case could be argued that every format needs a unique identifier, but there's NO WAY I'm going to pay for an identifier for every format of every ebook I produce, so that's the end of it for me. That would mean 8 ISBNs for each title because it has 7 ebook formats + a print one. I own a few ISBNs that I have not used yet, and I am reserving them for future print products.
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One way to handle it is that the author must only pay for the base ISBN (and has sole control over that ISBN). The format extensions are part of the base ISBN purchase and doesn't have to be paid for separately. Also, future additional formats extensions are automatically included as part of the base ISBN and don't have to be paid for either.