{"id":3862,"date":"2022-02-03T17:58:37","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T17:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/?p=3862"},"modified":"2022-02-03T17:58:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T17:58:38","slug":"to-isbn-or-not-to-isbn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/to-isbn-or-not-to-isbn\/","title":{"rendered":"To ISBN or Not to ISBN?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week on the <a href=\"https:\/\/microcosm.pub\/podcast\">People&#8217;s Guide to Publishing podcast<\/a>, Joe and Elly reveal <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VIAoyu6VkCc\">the mysteries of the ISBN<\/a>, aka the 13-digit International Standard Book Number you see on most books sold to the general public. ISBNs can be costly and a lot of new publishers aren&#8217;t sure when they should start using them. 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We offer&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/to-isbn-or-not-to-isbn\/\" title=\"Read To ISBN or Not to ISBN?\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[12,192,26],"class_list":["post-3862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogifesto","tag-business-of-publishing","tag-peoples-guide-to-publishing","tag-podcast"],"my_excerpt":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This week on the <a href=\"https:\/\/microcosm.pub\/podcast\">People's Guide to Publishing podcast<\/a>, Joe and Elly reveal <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VIAoyu6VkCc\">the mysteries of the ISBN<\/a>, aka the 13-digit International Standard Book Number you see on most books sold to the general public. 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