services to help new and aspiring authors bring their works to life
by turning manuscripts into published books.
number that uniquely identifies books and book-like products
published internationally. Each number identifies a unique
edition of a publication, from one specific publisher, allowing
for more efficient marketing of products by booksellers,
libraries, universities, wholesalers and distributors.
As the official ISBN Agency for the United States, R. R.
Bowker is responsible for the assignment of the ISBN
Publisher Prefix to those publishers with a residence or office
in the U.S. who are publishing their titles within the U.S.
The ISBN is found on the copyright page of books. It is also
imbedded in the barcode on the back cover.
