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ISBN - does it uniquely identify book dimension?

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(I'm not sure this question fits here but this site seems the most appropriate within stackexchange network...)

I'm trying to buy a some book from NHBS (a field guide). The problem is that the same field guide is often printed in 2 versions:

  1. smaller one for usage in the field,
  2. bigger one for comfortable reading at home.

The question is: will both versions of the book have different ISBN, or it might happen that they have the same ISBN? Note that the dimension is often the only difference between the two versions, the publisher, year etc. will be the same. Does ISBN uniquely identify a book dimension?

(Background: I must order the book from NHBS (my company rules), but NHBS doesn't publish dimensions of the book. So I look up the book dimensions on Amazon and then look at the ISBN, if it's the same. But then I must know that ISBN will surely differ for both formats!)

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I'm working with a writer who's self-publishing, and she had to get a different ISBN for the hardcover, softcover, and eBook versions of her novel. I remember reading somewhere that if you issue a new version of the book (change the content in any significant way), you need a new ISBN as well. So yes, it should be different, but I agree with Kate's suggestion to call the company and find out.

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