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What is an ISBN?

Why you need an ISBN, and how yours are assigned to your book.

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Written by Ash Davies
Updated over 2 years ago

An International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a series of digits that function like a product number. ISBNs exist to single out one book or edition of a book.

Every ISBN is unique, and can belong to one book edition only.

Is the barcode the ISBN?

A barcode is an ISBN translated to a machine-readable image. The bars and spaces represent the digits in the ISBN.

We generate your barcode for you, and add it for you to your book’s back cover.

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