ISBN duplication

[Norman]

I've just added That First Time: Six Renga on Love and Other Poems by Hiroaki Sato and discovered that it shares ISBN 0932662684 with Weymouth: An Anthology of Poetry (same publisher and author), and published before the book I'm adding.

I've left the ISBN field blank on That First Time and added a note on the description. I guess this is a screw-up on the publisher's part, but would appreciate some advice.

[vicki_girl]

Looks like you did fine. Also, Worldcat shows both books for that ISBN.

[Beth]

You did it correctly. ISBN's are often reused...one of our pet peeves, but we've learned to live with it. :)

[Norman]

Thanks for the quick responses. I only came across such a thing once before. Do ISBN's cost money in the States or what?

Should I add a note to the Weymouth record in case anyone is searching for That First Time via ISBN and thinks they're losing their marbles?

[lafon حمزة]

Norman wrote: "Thanks for the quick responses. I only came across such a thing once before. Do ISBN's cost money in the States or what?"

Last I checked, unlike Canada the ISBN agency there does charge a fee for assigning an ISBN.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

ISBNs cost money everywhere. In some countries, that cost is borne by a government agency.

[Norman]

Well, I meant 'cost money to the publisher'. Sorry if that wasn't clear. ISBNs are cost-free to publishers in some (most?) countries.