Details about the ISBN number

by **krishna chaitanya** » Fri Apr 04, 2003 2:50 pm

Can anybody out there please tell me what an ISBN number is? What does it tell us about the book and is it unique for each book? Do all the books published in India start with the number 81?Please help me get the answers for these questions...

by **fun loving guy (Not a freak !!!!!)** » Fri Apr 04, 2003 4:10 pm

Krishna, ISBN stands for International Standard Bibliographic Number... e. g. 0881923206. The ISBN is a unique machine-readable identification number, which marks
any book unmistakably. If you wish to obtain an ISBN, you should contact the national or regional ISBN agency in your own country. Presently, 159 countries or territories are official ISBN members. Have fun!

by **krishna chaitanya** » Sat Apr 05, 2003 4:32 pm

hey fun loving guy, how did u get to know all this kinda stuff. may i know the source from where u gathered this information. would u like through some more light on the topic. i would like to whether all the ISBN numbers of the books published from india start with 81. is the ISBN number unique for a book or is it unique for a publisher

by **fun loving guy (Not a freak !!!!!)** » Mon Apr 07, 2003 12:33 pm

Krihsna, ISBN numbers are not country dependent, but publisher dependent... Have a great week ahead n have fun!

by V. » Wed Apr 09, 2003 10:09 am

Dear Krishna, you can search in google.com for ISBN, sure to find lot of websites with info.

Details about the ISBN number