When do I need a new ISBN?
I am about to obtain some ISBNs for a few books I plan to publish as an eBook and possibly in print.
From books I have bought from major publishers, I gather that the eBook and print version have separate ISBNs. I also gather that a new edition of a book would require a new ISBN.
If I publish a correction to either the print or ebook version, would that require a new ISBN? What if this results in a change of page numbers? Or the insertion/removal of paragraphs or whole chapters?
The question is, at what point are the changes sufficient to warrant a new ISBN?
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Minor corrections do not need a new ISBN. But you do need a new ISBN for new editions, revised editions, and different formats. A change in cover does not require a new ISBN.
Adding chapters or paragraphs makes it a new edition, and technically it should have a new ISBN.
That said, many publishers bend the rules because in the US and UK, ISBNs are expensive.
You can find more details here. www.myidentifiers.com/help/isbn
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