What is ISBN
ISBN
DEFINATION
ISBN or sometimes pronounced ‘Is-ben’ is an acronym
for International Standard Book Number. It is given to every book or edition of
a book before publication to identify the publisher, the edition and volume
number.
The ISBN (International Standard Book Number) is a
unique machine-readable identification number, which marks any book
unmistakable.
STRUCTURE OF ISBN
The ISBN is divided into
four parts of variable length, which must be separated clearly by hyphens or
spaces. Each part represents a specific field. The parts identify the country
or group of countries of origin of the book, the identify of the publisher in
the group, specific title published by a specific publisher and the check digit
to ensure that the number is correctly given.
Example: ISBN
81-241-0614-2 or ISBN
81 241 0614 2
These parts are as
follows:
·
Group
identifier
·
Publisher
identifier
·
Title
identifier
·
Check
digit
ISBN basically consists of
10 digits (Arabic 0-9). These digits are formally broken into four parts and
these parts appear on the book with the use of hyphen or space in between the
parts.
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