in the publication of " Book industry " in early July was posted material, the authors have expressed concerns on the issue of the further fate of the functions assigned ISBN in the Russian Federation. The article notes that in the decree of the President who made the Russian book chamber part of ITAR-TASS, nothing is mentioned about the issues of registration and assignment of ISBN. Stating that " the question of assignment of ISBN for books that are critical to the Book industry, legally competent solved ". the publication presents opinions of specialists of the book market : they talk about in charge shall be the issues of assignment of ISBN. the General Director of the RCP Elena Nogina commented material " Book industry " on the official Internet representation of the Russian Book Chamber. in the explanation says that the leadership of the RCP has caused great confusion published a selection of opinions of specialists in the translation of the national ISBN Agency in the Russian book Union (RCC). " in practice, it's really very well known and respected Experts of our book business, speaking in support of such a step, refer to two reasons. The first of them is shortage of already famous presidential Decree on transfer of the functions of the RCP in the conduct of ITAR-TASS of a certain item on the life of the Agency. The second is a superior performance in the world functions ISBN public organizations RKS ", - says the expert. Elena Nogina stresses that there is nothing strange in the absence of the presidential order of mention ISBN: " Similar functions, if they officially do not change or stop, remain the same - by default, or in accordance with the explanations of the successor or other structure, or service. This successor to the RCP spoke to ITAR-TASS, whose leaders assured the book community in the preservation of not only functionality, but also the Russian Communist party in its own composition in the form of an Autonomous branch. In the Charter ITAR-TASS currently just made it all appropriate new features of the language, legally confirm the above ". " the most important here to stress the inextricable link all the main functions of the RCE, which complement each other close person and interact, just as interact all industry of book publishing. Any " revolutionary " changes in the activities of the Chamber not and is not expected, as in the sphere ISBN, And therefore the views expressed by the experts fears on this score absolutely groundless ", - informs the head of the RCP. the chief Book Chamber also argues against the views expressed in the publication " Book industry " opinions about the fact that in different countries the maintenance of databases ISBN is mainly on public-branch principle. Nogina informs, that such disposition is used only in those countries where, in practice, there is no public participation in the regulation of national book business: " of Such agencies and countries is no more than a third of 180. Another thirty percent is financed by private companies providing the market of commercial publishing and trading information (type " Bowker " in the US). And another thirty percent agencies ISBN is based in the structures of the ministries of culture or print (either in national libraries, funded by the same ministries of culture, or, as it was in the USSR And later in CIS countries - in book chambers). The latter have the opportunity to change their departmental identity or status (as is currently happening with the RCP), but remain Particularly authoritative and reliable structures not only for the national book brotherhood, but also internationally, as is already the most decades successfully, fully perform all assigned to them by the state and branch of the problem as well, and in the sphere ISBN ". recall that a month before the Book chamber launched the Internet-shop " ISBN 24 ", where it is possible around the clock to purchase blocks of rooms ISBN.