ISBN barcode generator
Paste the ISBN from your publisher or ISBN agency; we draw the EAN-13 barcode for the back cover.
ISBN-13 (978 or 979) or an old 10-digit ISBN; hyphens are fine.
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About ISBN
A book barcode is an EAN-13 that starts with 978 or 979. If you give us a 10-digit ISBN, we convert it: 978 in front and a new check digit.
ISBNs come from your country’s ISBN agency (Bowker in the US, Nielsen in the UK, the ISBN centre of your national library elsewhere). Each edition and format needs its own.
What goes in it
- Input
- ISBN-13 (978/979) or ISBN-10, hyphens fine
- Encoded as
- EAN-13
- Printed
- The 13 digits below the bars; add the “ISBN …” line above in your cover file
- Size
- At least 80% of 37.3 × 25.9 mm on the back cover
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ISBN questions
No. E-books need an ISBN but nothing scans them at a till.
No. A new edition, a hardback and a paperback each need their own ISBN and barcode.
Black on white scans best. Dark blue or dark green on a pale background also work; red bars do not.