| The International
Standard Book Number System
ISBN
Users' Manual
International
edition
© International
ISBN Agency Berlin, 1999
Center for Publishing Development,
1999
Fourth
edition.
ISBN 3-88053-075-0
©1999 by International ISBN Agency
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer
Kulturbesitz.
Fourth edition, revised and enlarged
Permission is granted for the reprinting of any
material
in this brochure, subject to due acknowledgement
of the
source and to two voucher copies being sent to
the
International ISBN Agency.
Printed by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer
Kulturbesitz.
Contents
Preface
Preface
to the third edition
1. Background
2. Advantages
of ISBN
3. Function and
Scope of ISBN
4. Structure
of ISBN
- 4.1. Group identifier
- 4.2. Publisher
prefix
- 4.3 Title identifier
- 4.4 Check digit
- 4.5 Distribution
of ranges
5. Application
of ISBN
- 5.1 General
- 5.2 Facsimile
reprints
- 5.3 Books in
different format
- 5.4 Loose-leaf
publications
- 5.5 Multivolume
works
- 5.6 Backlist
- 5.7 Collaborative
publications
- 5.8 Books sold
or distributed by agents
- 5.9 Acquisition
of one publisher by another
- 5.10 Acquisition
of complete stock of a publisher
- 5.11 Publishers
with more than one place of publication
- 5.12 Register
of ISBN
- 5.13 ISBN can
never be re-used
6. ISBN for electronic
publications
7. Printing of
ISBN
- 7.1 General
- 7.2 ISBN in
barcoded form
- 7.3 5-digit
add-on code
- 7.4 Providing
the ISBN Bookland EAN bar code – instructions for film master suppliers
- 7.5 Algorithm
for generating the Bookland EAN from the ISBN
- 7.6 Algorithm
for reconstructing the ISBN from the EAN
8. Administration
of the International ISBN system
- 8.1 General
- 8.2 International
administration
- 8.3 Group administration
- 8.4 Publisher
administration
9. Non-participating
publishers
10. Practical
uses of ISBN
11. ISBN and
EAN
12. ISBN and
other title identifiers for the book-trade
- 12.1 ISSN
- 12.2 ISMN
- 12.3 ISAN
- 12.4 ISRC
- 12.5 ISWC
- 12.6 ISRN
- 12.7 DOI
- 12.8 URN
13. Publications
Appendix
– Extract from ISO Recommendation No. 2108: 1992(E)
Frequently
asked questions about the ISBN system
Notes on
the allocation of ISBNs to non-printed books (by Alan Mollison)
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