Invalid ISBN prohibits saving a reference

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I find it surprising that an invalid ISBN means you can’t save the citation. The flag that it ISBN is invalid is very helpful! Curious where I should stash the invalid ISBN for reference later (as it was listed by the original reference). Something like a notes, or for invalid versions to not prohibit saving a book reference.

Here is the reference I was trying to save as a book: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/368778168_Mammals_of_Rancho_El_Aribabi_in_the_Sky_Island_Region_of_Northern_Sonora_Mexico

With the invalid ISBN “979-8-218-15237-6”

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If you add an ISBN to the ISBN field when creating a new reference or editing an existing reference, our backend can check if is valid, so that is why we don’t allow the creation of a reference with an invalid ISBN, @anna. If you wish, you can add it as a note by clicking the notes button (speech bubble) under the reference in your library.

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Thanks! Can’t believe I didn’t know about notes…

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I have a valid isbn (checked on it with a validator) and it won’t validate in paperpile. What dan I do about this because I really would like to add the isbn.

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Thanks for letting us know, @Flounder. Can you send an email to support@paperpile.com with the ISBN and other details about the book, so that our engineering team can investigate?