Your question wasn't clear in the first posting as to the problem.
My initial answer would have been YES, since I read that if you choose to later distribute books for pay you should open a PAID account.
This to me implies you can do FREE (NO ISBN required) and PAID (ISBN required).
Yes, it is DEFINITELY A PROBLEM, since I would like to do both and since I found out that I can not create a FREE account (2nd account)
I have applied and been accepted for paid account.
And actually in quotes when create account, I believe it says PAID account recommended.
So to me this means if in DOUBT create a PAID account request.
If distributing FREE and then having to submit an ISBN number this is not FREE. I would need to charge something to attempt to recover the overhead of my ISBN costs.
Need clarification on this issue.
Thanks...