On 2003-09-30 05:37:10 +0100 COURYHOUSE@aol.com wrote:

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For those without browsers just now, it says that the Book Industry Study Group calls for Bookland EAN barcodes to be used instead of the 12-digit ones and for ISBNs to become 13 digits, reporting http://www.bisg.org/news/news_isbn_what.html I am a little confused: I think the current Bookland EAN is basically a 3-digit country code for "ISBN", the first 9 digits of the ISBN (dropping the last check digit) and a different check digit, totalling 13 digits. If ISBN itself becomes 13 digits, how will it be mapped into the new 14-digit EAN barcode but still leave space for other products? 10% of all barcodes for books? -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ gopher://g.towers.org.uk/ slef@jabber.at Creative copyleft computing services via http://www.ttllp.co.uk/