The registration group or identifier group is the second element in a 13-digit
ISBN
The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a numeric commercial book identifier that is intended to be unique. Publishers purchase ISBNs from an affiliate of the International ISBN Agency.
An ISBN is assigned to each separate edition a ...
(first element in a 10-digit ISBN) and indicates the country, geographic region, or language area where a book was published.
The element ranges from one to five
numerical digit
A numerical digit (often shortened to just digit) is a single symbol used alone (such as "2") or in combinations (such as "25"), to represent numbers in a positional numeral system. The name "digit" comes from the fact that the ten digits (Latin ...
s.
In 2007, the length of an ISBN changed from 10 to 13 digits, and a new 3-digit prefix (978 or 979) was added in front of 10-digit ISBNs.
The following registration groups are compatible with or without a 978- prefix:
* 0–5, 7
* 600–649
* 80–94
* 950–989
* 9900–9989
* 99900–99999
The following must have a 979- prefix:
* 979-8
* 979-10 through 979-12
*(979-0 is reserved for
International Standard Music Numbers for
sheet music
Sheet music is a handwritten or printed form of musical notation that uses musical symbols to indicate the pitches, rhythms, or chords of a song or instrumental musical piece. Like its analogs – printed books or pamphlets in English, ...
)
Shorter registration group numbers are generally used for countries or regions with greater publishing volume. Because a longer number leaves room for fewer publishers and ISBNs, several countries have more than one number assigned. On the other hand, some countries (Australia, Switzerland,
Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consis ...
) have no unique number because they fall in a broader geographic region or language area.
With 10-digit ISBN or 978- prefix
Prefixes of length 1
Prefixes of length 2
Prefixes of length 3
Prefixes of length 4
Prefixes of length 5
Distribution
Countries with no exclusive registration group
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, , Eswatini, Germany, Gibraltar, Ireland, New Zealand, , , , South Africa, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe
Countries with multiple registration groups
; Two (50 countries)
: Andorra, Bahrain, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, English, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Ghana, Greece, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Malawi, Montenegro, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay
; Three (23 countries)
: Argentina, Armenia, Cambodia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Estonia, Georgia, Guatemala, Indonesia, Iran, Kuwait, Lithuania, Macau, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Republika Srpska, Romania, Taiwan,
Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...
, Tanzania, Thailand
; Four (7 countries)
: Albania, Algeria, Bolivia, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Turkey
; Five (1 country)
: Mongolia
Countries by language area
Countries in broader registration groups
; 5 former
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
(14)
: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
; 80 former (2)
: ,
; 86 former (7)
: , , , , , ,
; 976 (5)
: , , , ,
; 982
South Pacific
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...
(14)
: , , , , , , , , , , , , , and
ISBN vs UN
; UN countries not part of ISBN (38)
: , , , , , , , , (formerly "99951-"), , , , , , (formerly "99902-"), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
; ISBN agencies not part of the UN (10)
: , , , , , , , , ,
With 979- prefix
See also
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International Standard Book Number
The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a numeric commercial book identifier that is intended to be unique. Publishers purchase ISBNs from an affiliate of the International ISBN Agency.
An ISBN is assigned to each separate edition an ...
*
International Standard Serial Number
An International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is an eight-digit serial number used to uniquely identify a serial publication, such as a magazine. The ISSN is especially helpful in distinguishing between serials with the same title. ISSNs a ...
*
List of group-0 ISBN publisher codes
*
List of group-1 ISBN publisher codes
A list of publisher codes for (978) International Standard Book Numbers with a group code of one. (Data from published items by these publishers.)
Assignation
The group-1 publisher codes are assigned as follows:
2-digit publisher codes
3-d ...
Notes
References
External links
International ISBN Agency - Ranges
{{DEFAULTSORT:ISBN identifier groups
International Standard Book Number
Number-related lists
Publishing