The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a numeric commercial book identifier that is intended to be unique. [ a ] [ b ] Publishers purchase or receive ISBNs from an affiliate of the International ISBN Agency.

Die Internationale Standardbuchnummer ist eine Nummer zur eindeutigen Kennzeichnung von Büchern und anderen selbstständigen Veröffentlichungen mit redaktionellem Anteil, wie beispielsweise Multimedia-Produkten. ISBN werden überwiegend in Warenwirtschaftssystemen des Buchhandels eingesetzt, doch auch viele Bibliotheken verwenden sie für die ...

Nicht vergeben werden ISBN für unselbständige Publikationen wie Zeitschriftenartikel, siehe dafür z. B. Digital Object Identifier (DOI). Die ISBN wurde ab Anfang der 1970er Jahre weltweit schrittweise eingeführt.

The registration group or identifier group is the second element in a 13-digit ISBN (first element in a 10-digit ISBN) and indicates the country, geographic region, or language area where a book was published. [1]

The International Standard Book Number, ISBN, is a unique [1] commercial book identifier barcode. The ISBN system was created in the United Kingdom, in 1966, by the booksellers and stationers W.H. Smith.

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

An ISBN is essentially a product identifier used by publishers, booksellers, libraries, internet retailers and other supply chain participants for ordering, listing, sales records and stock control purposes.

ISBN links, or the ISBN search, take users to a special book source page, Wikipedia:Book sources. The page contains links to library catalogs and bookstores where one may search for the book corresponding to the ISBN.

Template:Infobox identifier The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a unique [a] [b] numeric commercial book identifier. An ISBN is 123 assigned to each edition and variation (except reprintings) of a book.

International Standard Book Number (ISBN), in bibliography, 10- or 13-digit number assigned before publication to a book or edition thereof, which identifies the work’s national, geographic, language, or other convenient group and its publisher, title, edition, and volume number.