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EAN BOOKLAND BARCODES FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is a Price Add on and Do I Need One?
- ISBNs need to be converted into Bookland EAN barcodes (See Ex.2 below) for
proper scanning in retail stores. The first three digits of the Bookland EAN, 978,
are given to every ISBN to uniquely identify the barcode as a book or book related product.
The next nine digits of the EAN consist of the ISBN (minus the check digit). Finally, a new
check digit will be calculated for your EAN, which is based on the first 12 digits of the EAN number.
The ISBN is printed above the barcode so that it can be manually entered, if needed.
Example 2 : EAN
What is a Price Add on and Do I Need One?
- Price codes are mandatory for most retailers in
the United States. The five digit add-on encodes the suggested retail price of
your book into the barcode. In the United States, the first digit of the add-on is
the number 5, which indicates U.S. dollars. The remaining 4 digits encode the price without
decimals (Ex.3). If the price is greater than $99.99, the add-on should remain as 59999.
If there is not a set price, a code of 90000 tells the computer that there is no suggested
retail price associated with the EAN code (Ex.4).
Example 3 : Price add on with price of $10.95
- Your book's ISBN is 0-123456-47-9 and retails for $10.95
- Your EAN will be 9780123456472 with a price add on code of 51095
Example 4 : Price add on with no set price
- Your books ISBN is 0-123456-47-9 and does not have a set price
- Your EAN will be 9780123456472 with a price add on code of 90000
What is Meant by Size Requirement?
- The magnification can range from 80% to 200% for a Bookland EAN code.
The largest size used is typically a 100% code, although 92% is standard.
The standard 92% symbol needs a total area of 2.00" x 1.25".
The smaller ISBN Bookland EAN symbol is an 80%, which needs a total area of 1.75" x 1.0".
How Will I Receive My Barcodes?
- The bar code will be provided with the following standard specifications:
2400 dpi, 99.36% magnification, vanilla bar code (white background, black text), and price add-on.
If you requested your ISBNs to be e-mailed, the barcodes will also be e-mailed.
Otherwise, your barcodes will be mailed to you on a disk in an EPS zip file.
Please DO NOT open this attachment. Forward this format directly to your printer
to avoid any corruption to the file.
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