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BISG reminds industry of upcoming ISBN-13 switch

The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) reported recently on the state of preparedness within the the publishing industry toward the upcoming worldwide switch from 10-digit ISBNs to 13 digits:

"With less than two months to go until January 1, 2007 - the sunset date for ISBN-10...most of the ISBN agencies reported having had success reaching larger publishers, distributors, wholesalers and booksellers with their ISBN-13 education programs. Less positively, no country...expressed much confidence that the long tail of smaller companies had made sufficient preparation for the transition."

To receive the bulletin in full, prepared in response to this year’s meeting of national ISBN agencies; held in Paris on November 5-6 and hosted jointly by UNESCO and AFNIL (the French ISBN Agency), contact Angela Bole at .
Other, recent BISG bulletins are available online here.

For general information about the switch to ISBN-13 including quick facts, answers to FAQ's, guidelines on book ordering and labeling, and the ISBN-13 Readiness Directory (A list of results from publishers, book manufacturers, POS vendors, and retailers participating in the 'ISBN-13 Readiness Survey') click here.
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Harry Potter volume voted 'best book ever'

According to a recent article: More than 5,000 teenagers polled by the American Library Association have voted J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" as the best book - ever.
Another survey revealed that Rowling, the author of the entire Potter series, has a bigger fan-base in the UK than even superstar-band U2. Rowling was fourth only to football team Manchester United, rock star Robbie Williams, and Liverpool's football club.

The Harry Potter series of books has broken sales records in both the United States and the United Kingdom: last summer (July 2005) "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" sold nearly nine million copies - receiving a 'Platinum Award' for having sold over a million copies all in the course of a single day.

Ironically (or perhaps not at all), the entire series of Harry Potter books was also the most challenged of all those on the list of challenged titles for 2005-2006 as reported by the American Library Association.
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