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Record Code 264 - Barcode/Cover/Title/Issue Rejects (Record “A”)
Positions
From/To
1
2/6
Field Name
Variable
Record Length
7/10
11/14
15/17
From ID
To ID
Record Code
18
19/32
Record Expander
Bar Code
X(1)
X(14)
33
Country
X(1)
34/35
36/37
Year
Issue/Add on code
X(2)
X(2)
38/42
Cover Price
43/47
BIPAD Number
9(5)
48/52
Parent BIPAD
9(5)
53/57
58/59
Filler
Issues per Year
X(5)
9(2)
60/84
Title
X(25)
85/94
95/102
Issue Description
On-Sale Date
X(10)
9(8)
103/110
Off-Sale Date
9(8)
111/120
Editorial Category
9(10)
D#201 Rev: 5/3/04
Format
X(1)
9(5)
9(4)
9(4)
9(3)
9(3)v99
3.16-23
Description
Value “V”
Value “00194” The length of the transaction data in bytes
Sender’s Id
Value “0009”.
Value “264”
Value “A”
Right Justified Bar Code of the type of UPC or EAN
(suppressed codes will note be accepted, they will be
exploded into full codes).
• UPC format 00NNNNNNNNNNNS
• EAN format 0NNNNNNNNNNNNS
Country:
Value "U" for USA
Value "C" for Canada
(Note even if the UPC and Cover price is the same in the US
and Canada, the National Distributor needs to still send two
records.)
YY – The year associated with the issue
AA - The 2 digit code placed to the right of the UPC code
which is printed on the cover of the periodical
The cover price associated with this UPC for the US or
Canada (based on the above fields).
The industry number by which this title is identified. (Left
Zero Fill)
The BIPAD Number of the parent title, if any, otherwise it
should contain a zero value or the same BIPAD number as
above. (Left Zero Fill)
Unused
Number of published issues per year for this title. (Left Zero
fill)
The title associated with this UPC code and BIPAD. This
system will only allow a single title per BIPAD. It is the
national distributor's responsibility to insure that there is
only one title supplied per BIPAD. If a special interest
publication has four names, one for each quarter, EMS will
only be able to carry one in its title file. If more than one is
submitted, EMS cannot guarantee which one will be used.
The date printed on the issue
The date in the form of YYYYMMDD that the issue is to be
placed on Sale
The date in the form of YYYYMMDD that the issue is to be
taken off sale
Industry standard magazine editorial category (see table
below).
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