ISBN and ISSN Numbers

• International Standard Book Numbers (ISBN) and International Standard Serial Numbers (ISSN) are assigned to a book or serial publication by the publisher.

• It is up to the client to decide if an ISBN or ISSN is to be assigned. Obtaining a number facilitates ordering the book and tracking the book in computer inventories. It also means the publication will be listed in Books in Print. Any publication can qualify to receive a number. Information about the assignment and use of ISBNs may be obtained from:
  
  

  ISBN U.S. Agency
  R. R. Bowker Co./Martindale-Hubbell
  121 Chanlon Road
  New Providence, NJ 07974

  Information about ISSN numbers can be obtained from:
  
  

  ISSN International Centre/Centre international de l'ISSN
  20 rue Bachaumont 75002 PARIS
  FRANCE

• It is important to get the number assignment before publication, in order to include it on the Catalog in Publication (CIP) data page or copyright page.