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Expert: Glenn A. Fraller - 5/30/2003


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Hi Glenn

I'm not sure how relevant this question is considering you're in the USA (presumably) and I'm in South Africa.

I've completed a cover design for a publisher and they've sent me a ISBN number and asked if I can convert it. I'm a bit reluctant to show my ignorance. Is the ISBN number & barcode my responsibility or does it not fall into the hands of the printers?

Thanks for your time

Barry

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04JUN03

Good Afternoon Barry,
The ISBN bar code is the responsibility of the publisher. There are tons of services world wide that are very inexpensive. Go to Google.com search engine and enter South Africa ISBN Bar Code Services. They will be glad to help you. The cost is very inexpensive PER bar code. Don't forget the book has a bar code. The boxes (cases) the books are in have their own code and so on and so on. The only code the publisher is responsible for is the book. The others are the responsibility of the shipping company. Hope this helps you. Oh! BTW -- I am on vacation and am answering this from a remote computer.

Regards for a better tomorrow,
Glenn A. Fraller

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I started in digital graphics in 1989 with a MAC SE30. That little box replaced an 895 pound Compugraphics 7770. It cost me dearly! Tens years before that, I was focused on quality paste-up mechanicals using Journeyman methods. I am an accomplished typographer being able to us type as form and function. Today, I operate OS X on MACs at work and XP-Professional on my PC at home. I can answer any question with respect to Adobe Creative Suites and QuarkXpress. I am confident I can help you quickly! A lot quicker than dropping your question to a forum. I am also a digital file troubleshooter. I make designers files work within the confines of computer-to-plate printing systems.

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Expert in the areas of: digital design, spreadsheet formulation, database formulation using FileMaker Pro, digital and conventional photography, file conversion (mac-to-pc and back), concepts on creating high resolutions PDFs, QuarkExpress and Adobe Creative Suite. I hold a BA degree that bears Industrial Education and Technology, School of Industrial Arts, specializing in Graphic Communication. I've kept up on technological changes for the past 20 years!

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