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13-Digit Barcoding


Bowker Bar Code Service


The ISBN can be translated into a worldwide compatible bar code format. Bar code scanning is used in the U.S. by major bookstore chains for book publications and book-related items.

The bar code will be provided with the following standard specifications: 2400 dpi, 99.36% magnification, vanilla bar code (white background, black text), and price add-on.

If you request your ISBNs to be e-mailed, the bar codes will also be e-mailed. Otherwise, your bar codes will be mailed to you on a disk in an EPS zip file. Please DO NOT open this attachment. Forward this format directly to your printer to avoid any corruption to the file.

WARNING
This bar code is supplied to you in a given format. Any change to this format could change the information encoded. Bowker takes no responsibility for erroneous information resulting from bar codes being manipulated or reproduced in a format other than that in which they have been supplied.


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