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[Closed] Added Books/Editions > CAnnot add book because ISBN is already in use

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message 1: by Alfonso (new) - added it

Alfonso Martínez | 1 comments Hi,
I am trying to add an edition of Doctor Zhivago in Spanish, but the ISBN is already in use by another totally different book. Is it a mistake or can they be repeated? the ISBN in my book is 84-322-2136-8, from June 1984.
I have uploaded a picture of the data from the book in:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cj00...


message 2: by Elvenn (new)

Elvenn | 5763 comments It looks like the ISBN was reused by mistake in a newer book (and Worldcat shows both editions with that ISBN!). Perhaps the mistake wasn't discovered because the old book would have been listed under ISBN 84-322-2136-8 and the new one under ISBN13 978-84-322-2136-1...


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