News

March 30th, 2020
In common with many organisations across the world, the current Covid-19 crisis is having an impact on the International ISBN Agency's operations.

December 17th, 2019
ISBN (International Standard Book Number) is the key identifier for books in the supply chain; an ISBN uniquely identifies a specific book by a specific publisher in a specific format.
November 29th, 2019
From early 2020 the United States ISBN Agency (operated by Bowker) will begin assigning ISBNs starting with the prefix element 979.

November 11th, 2019
The International ISBN Agency will be undertaking a project to redevelop its website architecture and database services in 2020.