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In the case of the non-participation of a publisher the group agency might
proceed in the following two ways:
A.
The group agency can allocate
a block of numbers for miscellaneous publishers and number all titles
within that block, irrespective of the publisher. In this case, an ISBN
publisher prefix will not identify the publisher of a specific title.
(It is strongly recommended that this procedure should be reserved for
publishers who only publish an occasional title and who are never likely
to be in the position of assuming the responsibility for numbering themselves.)
B.
The group agency can assume
responsibility for assigning a publisher prefix, a block of ISBNs associated
with that prefix,
assign a number to each publication and inform the publisher before
publication of each number assigned.
If a publisher agrees to this method, the ISBN can be printed in the
book. It is expected that such a publisher will eventually assume full
responsibility for assigning his or her own ISBNs.
In some countries the group agencies assign ISBN to unnumbered incoming
legal deposit, inform the publishers about the assignment and publicize
the assignment in the national bibliography.
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