ISBN Metadata Best Practices

ccraig13 · 10-28-2011, 04:19 PM

Like most of you, I want to be able to offer my books in as many formats as possible. In order to do this we need to have ISBNs for each format. Here's my question:

Should the value for the "isbn" in the "ids" field of the metadata section be the ISBN of the paper edition or the ISBN of the format ( ePub, Mobi, etc. ) I'm about to convert to?

Thanks!

speakingtohe · 10-28-2011, 04:35 PM

Probably the format you are converting to but I am not sure what your purpose is?

Helen

ccraig13 · 11-03-2011, 02:26 PM

Thanks! That's what I was leaning towards as well. I'm not sure if those fields are absolutely necessary, but since they're there I wanted to make sure I was using them correctly.

10-28-2011, 04:19 PM	#1
ccraig13 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: iPhone 3G	ISBN Metadata Best Practices Like most of you, I want to be able to offer my books in as many formats as possible. In order to do this we need to have ISBNs for each format. Here's my question: Should the value for the "isbn" in the "ids" field of the metadata section be the ISBN of the paper edition or the ISBN of the format ( ePub, Mobi, etc. ) I'm about to convert to? Thanks!

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10-28-2011, 04:35 PM	#2
speakingtohe Wizard Posts: 4,812 Karma: 26912940 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: sony PRS-T1 and T3, Kobo Mini and Aura HD, Tablet	Probably the format you are converting to but I am not sure what your purpose is? Helen

11-03-2011, 02:26 PM	#3
ccraig13 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: iPhone 3G	Thanks! That's what I was leaning towards as well. I'm not sure if those fields are absolutely necessary, but since they're there I wanted to make sure I was using them correctly.

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