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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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I curious as to whether these sales figures include ebooks that don't have an ISBN.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2016

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