Listing in printed and electronic directories and on Internet sites

  Stock control

  Management of royalties

  Ordering

  Accounting and billing

  Monitoring sales data

  Producing statistics

  Handling of returns

The ISBN in 

bibliographic data services

, 

distribution centres,

 and 

wholesalers

 is used

for:

  Building databases of publications both in  and out of print

  Generating bibliographic products and catalogues from these databases of

publications for the book trade 

  Ordering services based on electronic communication systems such as EDI (electronic

data interchange) or via the Internet

  Stock control

  Monitoring internal logistic processes

  Accounting and billing

  Producing sales data

  Returns administration 

  Producing subject lists and catalogues

The ISBN in 

centralised service organisations for libraries

 (producing ready to borrow

copies) is used for:

  Ordering from the publishers or wholesalers

  Processing orders from libraries

  Stock control

  Monitoring internal logistic processes

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