When used in a bar code, the ISBN must be displayed in human readable form

immediately above the EAN 13 bar code symbol, preceded by  ISBN . 

Example of printing the ISBN in EAN  13 bar code symbol symbology:

Further information on the introduction and use of the EAN 13 bar code symbol is provided

by the ISBN group agencies and the International ISBN Agency. Group agencies are

encouraged to cooperate directly with the EAN organisations on a national or regional

level.

The recommended location of the EAN 13 bar code symbol for publications is the lower

right quadrant of the back, near the spine. 

8.3 Five digit add on code

In the United States and Canada, a five digit add on to the bar code is used in the book

trade to indicate the price. For further information on bar codes in the United States and

Canada visit the Book Industry Study Group website www.bisg.org.

The five digit add on code should not be used for price information in other countries,

although it may be used with a  9  prefix for a publisher's own in house use (e.g., for

handling returns). These supplementary codes always start with  9  within the range

 90000 98999 .

8.4 Providing the EAN.UCC bar code for ISBN 

instructions for film master

suppliers

Film master suppliers providing ISBN EAN bar codes to publishers to print on products

should observe the following procedures:

o

  Validate the ISBN provided by the publisher, using the ISBN check digit validation

algorithm, to avoid any transcription or transposition errors (see ISBN 

Check digit

section {4.5}).

o

  Hyphenate the ISBN according to the rules (see 

Distribution of ranges

 section

{4.6})

o

  Print the following:

Mandatory 

  ISBN in 9 point type or larger 

  ISBN EAN in bar code 

  ISBN EAN in human readable form

Optional (at the publisher s discretion)

   Five digit add on in bar code and in human readable format 

All these procedures should be done through computer programming.

EAN technical requirements for bar code printing should be observed.

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