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The ISBN is used in all branches of
the book sector
ISBN in publishing houses
is used for:
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identifying firm publication projects from the manuscript
to the printer
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title identification in publishers' catalogues and
advertisements
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listing in printed directories, electronic directories
and in Internet-sites
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stock control
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copyright management
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management of royalties
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processing of orders
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accounting and billing
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monitoring sales data
-
producing statistics
-
handling of returns
ISBN in Books in Print
services, distribution centres, and wholesalers
is used for:
- building bibliographic databases
for the book trade like Books in Print
- building databases of titles
in stock
- ordering services based
on electronic communication systems like EDI (electronic data interchange)
or through Internet
- stock control
- monitoring internal logistic
processes
- accounting and billing
- producing sales data
- returns administration
- producing subject lists
and catalogues
ISBN in centralized service
organizations for libraries
(producing ready-to-borrow copies) is used for:
- ordering at the publishers
or wholesalers
- processing orders from libraries
- stock control
- monitoring internal logistic
processes
- accounting and billing
- administration of rebinding
processes
ISBN in bookshops
is used for:
- bibliographic searches
- tracing addresses
- ordering and re-ordering
processes based on electronic communication systems like EDI (electronic
data interchange) or through Internet
- stock administration
- accounting and billing the
end consumer
- electronic point-of-sale
system (EPOS)
ISBN in libraries
is used for:
- ordering
- copy-cataloguing
- lending statistics
- national lending right
- interlending
- union catalogues
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