Description: ISBN Information. History of and information about the ISBN system, including the new 13 character ISBN. How ISBNs work and how they are distributed.
isbn (148) international standard book number (3)
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By Bill Pearce. Last reviewed and updated on Tueday, August 31, 2021.
There is no requirement to assign an ISBN to any book, but a publisher will find that for all practical purposes it is necessary to adopt the ISBN system for its books to be adopted by the book trade.