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ISBN

American  
[ahy-es-bee-en, iz-bin] / ˈaɪˈɛsˈbiˈɛn, ˈɪzˌbɪn /

noun

plural

ISBNs
  1. International Standard Book Number: a unique, internationally used number code assigned to books for the purposes of identification and inventory control.


ISBN British  

abbreviation

  1. International Standard Book Number

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When a book is listed for online resale for the first time, the data the seller enters about the title can become the default information generated for all future scans of its unique ISBN.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2021

Some costs are simply table stakes; you’ll need an ISBN, for instance, the number that identifies the book to any retailer or distributor.

From The Guardian • Aug. 28, 2014

My book was assigned its own unique ISBN: 978-3-659-46676-2.

From Slate • Mar. 24, 2014

It’s been very useful, as I can input books either using a bar code scanner, with the ISBN, or manually if they don’t have a bar code or ISBN.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2013

For further information about this poem please see The Assembly of Gods, edited by Jane Chance, published by Medieval Institute Publications, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1999, ISBN: 1580440223, which is also available online at Rochester University.

From The Assemble of Goddes by Anonymous