ISBN

[ ahy-es-bee-en, iz-bin ]

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

abbreviation for

1. International Standard Book Number

Example Sentences

Perhaps, he said, someone had inserted a “dummy” bar code and ISBN, so that, say, the publisher and art director could see what the finished product would look like.

From New York Times

For instance, Mr. O’Leary said, “when you’re laying out a book and you put the cover together for the first time, you may not know the ISBN.”

From New York Times

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

The Quran is available commercially in bookstores and, unlike the Bible, has the Chinese equivalent of an ISBN, a numeric book identifier.

From Seattle Times

In the search browser, there was an option for ISBN/ISSN Exact Match.

From Literature