ISBN (identifier)

ISBN (identifier)

ISO standard, publication identifier

Subclass of	European Article Number, URN, non-persistent identifier, persistent identifier
Short name	ISBN
Dey replace	Standard Book Number
Maintain by	the International ISBN Agency
Identifies	book edition
Stack Exchange tag	https://stackoverflow.com/tags/isbn

De International Standard Book Number (ISBN) be numeric commercial book identifier wey dem dey intend am make e be unique.^[1][2] Publishers dey purchase anaa receive ISBNs from an affiliate of de International ISBN Agency.^[3]

A full directory of ISBN agencies be available for de International ISBN Agency website top.^[4] A list for a few countries be given below:

• Australia – Thorpe-Bowker^[5][6]
• Brazil – De National Library of Brazil;^[7] (Up to 28 February 2020)^[8]
• Brazil – Câmara Brasileira do Livro^[9] (From 1 March 2020)^[8]
• Canada – English Library and Archives Canada, a government agency; French Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec;
• Colombia – Cámara Colombiana del Libro, an NGO
• Hong Kong – Books Registration Office (BRO), under de Hong Kong Public Libraries^[10]
• Iceland – Landsbókasafn (National and University Library of Iceland)
• India – De Raja Rammohun Roy National Agency for ISBN (Book Promotion and Copyright Division), under Department of Higher Education, a constituent of de Ministry of Human Resource Development^[11]
• Israel – De Israel Center for Libraries^[12]
• Italy – EDISER srl, own by Associazione Italiana Editori (Italian Publishers Association)^[13][14]
• Kenya – National Library of Kenya
• Latvia - Latvian ISBN Agency
• Lebanon – Lebanese ISBN Agency
• Maldives – De National Bureau of Classification (NBC)
• Malta – De National Book Council (Maltese: Il-Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb)^[15][16][17]
• Morocco – De National Library of Morocco
• New Zealand – De National Library of New Zealand^[18]
• Nigeria – National Library of Nigeria
• Pakistan – National Library of Pakistan
• Philippines – National Library of the Philippines^[19]
• South Africa – National Library of South Africa
• Spain – Spanish ISBN Agency – Agencia del ISBN
• Turkey – General Directorate of Libraries and Publications, a branch of de Ministry of Culture^[20]
• United Kingdom den Republic of Ireland – Nielsen Book Services Ltd, part of NIQ^[21]
• United States – R. R. Bowker^[22][23]

English-language registration group elements be 0 den 1 (2 of more dan 220 registration group elements). Dem divide dese two registration group elements into registrant elements insyd a systematic pattern, wich dey allow make dem determine dema length, as follows:^[24]

1. ↑ Occasionally, publishers erroneously assign an ISBN to more than one title—the first edition of The Ultimate Alphabet and The Ultimate Alphabet Workbook have the same ISBN, 0-8050-0076-3. Conversely, the same book can be published with several ISBNs: A German second-language edition of Emil und die Detektive has the ISBNs 87-23-90157-8 (Denmark), 0-8219-1069-8 (United States), 91-21-15628-X (Sweden), 0-85048-548-7 (United Kingdom) and 3-12-675495-3 (Germany).
2. ↑ In some cases, books sold only as a set share the same ISBN. For example, the Vance Integral Edition used only two ISBNs for 44 books.
3. ↑ "The International ISBN Agency". Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
4. ↑ "Find an agency". International ISBN Agency. Archived from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
5. ↑ "About the Australian ISBN Agency". THORPE-Bowker | Identifier Services. Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
6. ↑ "ISBN". Thorpe-Bowker Identifier Services. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
7. ↑ "Tabela de preços dos serviços" [Table of service prices] (in Portuguese). Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} "Changes in arrangements for ISBN in Brazil". Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
9. ↑ "ISBN Brasil" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 8 May 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
10. ↑ "Introduction to Books Registration". Hong Kong Public Libraries. Archived from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
11. ↑ "Union HRD Minister Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani Launches ISBN Portal". Ministry of Human Resource Development. 7 April 2016. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
12. ↑ "What is an ISBN ?". ICL – מרכז הספר והספריות. 7 April 2015. Archived from the original on 13 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
13. ↑ "ISBN – Chi siamo e contatti" [ISBN – Who we are and contacts] (in Italian). EDISER srl. Archived from the original on 24 May 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
14. ↑ "ISBN – Tariffe Servizi ISBN" [ISBN Service Tariffs] (in Italian). EDISER srl. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
15. ↑ "ISBN". Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb. 2016. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016.
16. ↑ Manwal ghall-Utenti tal-ISBN (PDF) (in Maltese) (6th ed.). Malta: Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb. 2016. pp. 1–40. ISBN 978-99957-889-4-0. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
17. ↑ "Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta' Malta" (PDF). Government Gazette. 23 January 2015. p. 582. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2016.
18. ↑ "ISBNs, ISSNs, and ISMNs". National Library of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
19. ↑ "International Standard Book Number". National Library of the Philippines. Archived from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
20. ↑ "ISBN – Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı Kütüphaneler ve Yayımlar Genel Müdürlüğü OS". ekygm.gov.tr. Archived from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
21. ↑ "Nielsen UK ISBN Agency". Nielsen UK ISBN Agency. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
22. ↑ Manwal ghall-Utenti tal-ISBN (PDF) (in Maltese) (6th ed.). Malta: Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb. 2016. p. 5. ISBN 978-99957-889-4-0. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
23. ↑ "Bowker – ISBN". R. R. Bowker. 8 March 2013. Archived from the original on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
24. ↑ "ISBN Ranges". International ISBN Agency. 2014. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.

• ISO 2108:2017 – International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
• International ISBN Agency – coordinates and supervises the worldwide use of the ISBN system
  • Numerical List of Group Identifiers – List of language/region prefixes
  • Free conversion tool: ISBN-10 to ISBN-13 and ISBN-13 to ISBN-10 from the ISBN agency. Also shows correct hyphenation and verifies if ISBNs are valid or not.
• "Guidelines for the Implementation of 13-Digit ISBNs" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2004.
• RFC 3187 – Using International Standard Book Numbers as Uniform Resource Names (URN)
• Worldwide Auto-Converter at Library of Congress