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The '''International Standard Book Number''' ('''ISBN''') is a unique<ref>Occasionally, publishers erroneously assign an ISBN to more than one title — the first edition of ''[[The Ultimate Alphabet]]'' and ''The Ultimate Alphabet Workbook'' have the same ISBN, 0-8050-0076-3. Conversely, books are published with several ISBNs: A German, second-language edition of ''[[Emil und die Detektive]]'' has the ISBNs 87-23-90157-8 ([[Denmark]]), 0-8219-1069-8 ([[United States]]), 91-21-15628-X ([[Sweden]]), 0-85048-548-7 ([[England]]) and 3-12-675495-3 ([[Germany]]).</ref><ref>in some cases, books sold only as sets share ISBNs. For example the [[Vance Integral Edition]] used only 2 ISBNs for 44 books.</ref>numeric commercial [[book]] [[identifier]] based upon the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering (SBN) [[code]] created by Gordon Foster, Emeritus Professor of Statistics at [[Trinity College, Dublin]],<ref>Gordon Fosters original 1966 report can be found at [http://www.informaticsdevelopmentinstitute.net/isbn.html Informaticsdevelopmentinstitute.net]</ref> for the booksellers and stationers [[W.H. Smith]] and others in 1966.<ref name="history">See discussion of the [http://www.isbn.org/standards/home/isbn/international/history.asp history] at isbn.org.</ref> | The '''International Standard Book Number''' ('''ISBN''') is a unique<ref>Occasionally, publishers erroneously assign an ISBN to more than one title — the first edition of ''[[The Ultimate Alphabet]]'' and ''The Ultimate Alphabet Workbook'' have the same ISBN, 0-8050-0076-3. Conversely, books are published with several ISBNs: A German, second-language edition of ''[[Emil und die Detektive]]'' has the ISBNs 87-23-90157-8 ([[Denmark]]), 0-8219-1069-8 ([[United States]]), 91-21-15628-X ([[Sweden]]), 0-85048-548-7 ([[England]]) and 3-12-675495-3 ([[Germany]]).</ref><ref>in some cases, books sold only as sets share ISBNs. For example the [[Vance Integral Edition]] used only 2 ISBNs for 44 books.</ref> numeric commercial [[book]] [[identifier]] based upon the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering (SBN) [[code]] created by Gordon Foster, Emeritus Professor of Statistics at [[Trinity College, Dublin]],<ref>Gordon Fosters original 1966 report can be found at [http://www.informaticsdevelopmentinstitute.net/isbn.html Informaticsdevelopmentinstitute.net]</ref> for the booksellers and stationers [[W.H. Smith]] and others in 1966.<ref name="history">See discussion of the [http://www.isbn.org/standards/home/isbn/international/history.asp history] at isbn.org.</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:05, 2 August 2011
The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a unique[1][2] numeric commercial book identifier based upon the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering (SBN) code created by Gordon Foster, Emeritus Professor of Statistics at Trinity College, Dublin,[3] for the booksellers and stationers W.H. Smith and others in 1966.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Occasionally, publishers erroneously assign an ISBN to more than one title — the first edition of The Ultimate Alphabet and The Ultimate Alphabet Workbook have the same ISBN, 0-8050-0076-3. Conversely, books are published with several ISBNs: A German, second-language edition of Emil und die Detektive has the ISBNs 87-23-90157-8 (Denmark), 0-8219-1069-8 (United States), 91-21-15628-X (Sweden), 0-85048-548-7 (England) and 3-12-675495-3 (Germany).
- ↑ in some cases, books sold only as sets share ISBNs. For example the Vance Integral Edition used only 2 ISBNs for 44 books.
- ↑ Gordon Fosters original 1966 report can be found at Informaticsdevelopmentinstitute.net
- ↑ See discussion of the history at isbn.org.