APPLICATION FOR AN ISBN
Please read carefully:
- EACH book format (softcover, hardcover, PDF, ePub, Kindle, audiobook) of a new edition* requires a different ISBN.
- A new ISBN is not required for reprints**.
- A new ISBN is required for second editions or revisions or translations***.
- A new ISBN is required for a change of publisher.
*When a book is published for the first time, it is described as a first edition.
**If a work is republished and no changes are made to the content or preservation (apart from limited alterations to spelling and corrections of printing errors), it is described as a reprint or a new impression and not as a new edition.
***If it is republished and changes are made to the contents or layout, it is described as a revision or second edition.