Regarding ISBN The first section consists of a 3 digit number are issued by GS1, they have only issued 978 and 979, all other sections are issued by the International ISBN Agency.
The second section identifies a country, geographical region or language area. It consists of a 1-5 digit number. The third section, up to 7 digits, is given on request of a publisher to the ISBN agency, larger publishers (publishers with a large expected output) are given smaller numbers (as they get more digits to play with in the 4th section). The forth, up to 6 digits, are given to "identify a specific edition, of a publication by a specific publisher in a particular format", the last section is a single check digit, equal to 10|+´digits×⥊6/[1‿3] where digits are the first 12 digits.
From this visualization it's most apparent that the publishers "Create Space"(aka Great UNpublished, booksurge) and "Forgotten Books" should have been given a small number for the third section. (though in my opinion self-published editions and low value spam shouldn't get an isbn number, or rather it should be with the other independently published work @9798)
They also gave Google tons of space but it appears none of it has been used as of yet.
The second section identifies a country, geographical region or language area. It consists of a 1-5 digit number. The third section, up to 7 digits, is given on request of a publisher to the ISBN agency, larger publishers (publishers with a large expected output) are given smaller numbers (as they get more digits to play with in the 4th section). The forth, up to 6 digits, are given to "identify a specific edition, of a publication by a specific publisher in a particular format", the last section is a single check digit, equal to 10|+´digits×⥊6/[1‿3] where digits are the first 12 digits.
From this visualization it's most apparent that the publishers "Create Space"(aka Great UNpublished, booksurge) and "Forgotten Books" should have been given a small number for the third section. (though in my opinion self-published editions and low value spam shouldn't get an isbn number, or rather it should be with the other independently published work @9798)
They also gave Google tons of space but it appears none of it has been used as of yet.