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| Value |
Description |
Notes |
|
| 00 |
Unspecified |
|
| 01 |
Publisher |
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| 02 |
Publisher’s distributor |
Use to designate a distributor providing warehousing and fulfillment for a publisher or for a publisher’s sales agent, as
distinct from a wholesaler
|
| 03 |
Wholesaler |
|
| 04 |
Bibliographic agency |
Bibliographic data aggregator |
| 05 |
Library bookseller |
Bookseller selling to libraries (including academic libraries) |
| 06 |
Publisher’s sales agent |
Use for a publisher’s sales agent responsible for marketing the publisher’s products within a territory, as opposed to a publisher’s
distributor who fulfills orders but does not market
|
| 07 |
Publisher’s conversion service provider |
Downstream provider of e-publication format conversion service (who might also be a distributor or retailer of the converted
e-publication), supplying metadata on behalf of the publisher. The assigned ISBN is taken from the publisher’s ISBN prefix
|
| 08 |
Conversion service provider |
Downstream provider of e-publication format conversion service (who might also be a distributor or retailer of the converted
e-publication), supplying metadata on behalf of the publisher. The assigned ISBN is taken from the service provider’s prefix
(whether or not the service provider dedicates that prefix to a particular publisher)
|
| 09 |
ISBN Registration Agency |
|
| 10 |
ISTC Registration Agency |
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| 11 |
Retail bookseller |
Bookseller selling primarily to consumers |
| 12 |
Education bookseller |
Bookseller selling primarily to educational institutions |
| 13 |
Library |
Library service providing enhanced metadata to publishers or other parties |
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