Overview

Introduction
Number Structure
Retrospective Conversion
Responsibility for Changes
FAQs
Glossary: Terminology & Acronyms
Key Dates

Responsibility for Changes

Organizations are encouraged to review all existing systems—manual and electronic—as soon as possible, develop an action plan, and allocate resources as necessary. It is recommended that a senior executive in each organization be nominated to oversee the necessary transition in all relevant areas. The transition will primarily affect systems, but it will also impact editorial processes, sales and marketing, design and production departments, and royalty and accounting functions in publishing houses.

Publishers will need to review, among other possible areas:

• ISBN Allocation
• Product Information
• Editorial Management
• Production Systems
• E-Book Supply Systems
• Order Fulfillment/Warehouse Management
• Accounting
• Rights and Contracts
• Rights Management and Royalty Systems

Booksellers will need to review, among other possible areas:

• Ordering Systems
• Stock Control
• Point of Sale Systems
• Accounting

Libraries will need to review:

• Cataloging Policy
• Circulation Systems
• Online Public Access Catalogs
• Acquisition and Accession Systems
• All other ISBN-related Systems