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From early 2020 the United States ISBN Agency (operated by Bowker) will begin assigning ISBNs starting with the prefix element 979.

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The International ISBN Agency will be undertaking a project to redevelop its website architecture and database services in 2020.

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The 2019 Annual General Meeting of the International ISBN Agency was recently held in Santiago, Chile.

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The first two regional ISBN meetings of 2019 have taken place.