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The ISBN Users' Manual

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  Chapters:


  Copyright
  Preface
    Preface to the fourth edition
Preface to the third edition
  1. Background
  2. Advantages of ISBN
  3. The function and scope of the ISBN
  4. Structure of ISBN
    
4.1.
4.2.
4.3.
4.4.
4.5.
Group identifier
Publisher prefix
Title identifier
Check digit
Distribution of ranges
  5. Application of ISBN
   
5.1.
5.2.
5.3.
5.4.
5.5.
5.6.
5.7.
5.8.
5.9.
5.10.
5.11.
5.12.
5.13.
General
Facsimile reprints
Books in different format
Loose-leaf publications
Multi-volume works
Backlist
Collaborative publications
Books sold or distributed by agents
Acquisition of one publisher by another
Acquisition of complete stock of a publisher
Publishers with more than one place of publication
Register of ISBN
ISBN can never be re-used
  6. ISBN for electronic publications
  7. Printing of the ISBN
   
7.1.
7.2.
7.3.
7.4.

7.5.
7.6.
General
ISBN in bar-coded form
Five-digit add-on code
Providing the ISBN Bookland EAN bar code – instructions for
film master suppliers
Algorithm for generating the Bookland EAN from the ISBN
Algorithm for reconstructing the ISBN from the EAN
  8. Administration of the ISBN system
   
8.1.
8.2.
8.3.
8.4.
General
International administration
Group administration
Publisher administration
  9. Non-participating publishers
10. Practical uses of ISBN
11. ISBN and EAN
12. ISBN and other title identifiers
   
12.1.
12.2.
12.3.
12.4.
12.5.
12.6.
12.7.
12.8.
ISSN
ISMN
ISRC
ISWC
ISAN
ISRN
DOI
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

 

 

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