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International Standard Book Number
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International Standard Book Number (ISBN)

Ten-digit number assigned before publication to a book or edition thereof. The ISBN identifies various elements of the work, grouping it within a national, geographic, language, or other convenient category and revealing its publisher, title, edition, and volume number. The ISBN is part of the International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD), which was prescribed by the International Organization for Standardization; delegates adopted the numbering system in 1969. The numbers are assigned by publishers and administered by designated national standard book numbering agencies such as the R.R. Bowker Co. in the U.S. and the Standard Book Numbering Agency Ltd. in Britain.



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In order to accommodate the growing number of books being published each year, the International ISBN Agency recently decided to convert from a 10-digit format to 13-digit ISBNs, effective January 1, 2007.
Basquiat Edited by Marc Mayer With essays by Fred Hoffman, Kellie Jones Marc Mayer and Franklin Sirmans Merrell Publishers/Brooklyn Museum, March 2005 $45, ISBN 1-858-94287-X
Thunder Rose by Jerdine Nolen Silver Whistle, November 2003 $16, ISBN 0-152-16472-3
 
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