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Fearless
Lauren Roberts · 2025
Have you ever wondered why that 13-digit number on the back of a book costs $125 in the United States but is completely free in Canada and India? This book, The Global ISBN Handbook, is your 2025 guide to the International Standard Book Number. It explains everything about this global "fingerprint" for books. The ISBN is the most important cornerstone of the publishing industry. It started as a simple warehouse tool in the 1960s. Now, it is a complex digital identifier used in over 200 countries. This handbook deconstructs the entire system. It uses 15 distinct national case studies to do this. You will learn how the old 10-digit system changed to the new 13-digit one. We break down the five parts of the ISBN, from the "Bookland" prefix to the final check digit. The book explores the global governance framework, starting with the International ISBN Agency. Then, it dives deep into how different countries run their systems. You'll see the privatized, high-cost model in the United States. You'll compare it to Canada's free, government-run system. We explore the industry-led models in Brazil and Germany. We look at government-run systems in Mexico and India. We even cover the unique case of China, where the ISBN is not a simple identifier but a state-controlled publication license. The book also examines the systems in the UK , France , Russia , Japan , Australia , South Africa , Nigeria , and Egypt. Many books and websites can tell you how to get an ISBN. This handbook is the only resource that explains why the process is so different everywhere you look. It moves beyond a simple "how-to" and provides a true global analysis. It directly compares the privatized, for-profit models in the US and UK against the free, public-good systems in Canada and South Africa. You won't just learn the price; you will understand the cultural policies, market structures, and legal philosophies that shape that price. This book shows how the ISBN is a "global mirror". It reveals how a simple number can be a commercial product in one nation , a tool of cultural policy in another , and an instrument of state control in a third. This comparative insight is the missing piece for any author, publisher, or researcher trying to navigate the complex international publishing market. Disclaimer: This handbook is an independently produced resource for commentary and analysis. The author has no affiliation with the International ISBN Agency, R.R. Bowker, Library and Archives Canada, the National Press and Publication Administration, or any other national ISBN agency. This work is independently produced under the principle of nominative fair use.
The Intruder
Freida McFadden • 2025
Thirteen
Steve Cavanagh • 2019
Powerful
Lauren Roberts • 2024
The Wicked King
Holly Black • 2019

Reckless
Lauren Roberts · 2024

The Cruel Prince
Holly Black · 2018
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, comes the first book in a stunning new series about a mortal girl who finds herself caught in a web of royal faerie intrigue. Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever. And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe. Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King. To win a place at the Court, she must defy him--and face the consequences. In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, discovering her own capacity for bloodshed. But as civil war threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.

Defy Me (Shatter Me Book 5)
Defy Me (Shatter Me Book 5)

Imagine Me (Shatter Me, 6)
Tahereh Mafi · 2021

Believe Me (The Shatter Me)
Believe Me (The Shatter Me)

Watch Me
Watch Me
Do Not Disturb
Freida McFadden • 2021
Restore Me
Tahereh Mafi • 2019
Ignite Me
Tahereh Mafi • 2014
Destroy Me
Tahereh Mafi • 2012
Unravel Me
Tahereh Mafi • 2013
Shatter Me
Tahereh Mafi • 2011
If We Were Villains
M. L. Rio · 2017
The Surrogate Mother
Freida McFadden · 2022
The Ex
Freida McFadden · 2020
The Crash
Freida McFadden · 2025
The Perfect Son
Freida McFadden · 2024

One By One: A gripping psychological thriller with a twist you won't see coming!
One By One: A gripping psychological thriller with a twist you won't see coming!
<p><b>One by one, they will get what they deserve...</b></p><p><b>"I stayed up all night reading this book and loved it!"</b> --Amazon</p><p>A night spent sleeping on dirt and leaves is <i>not</i> how Claire Matchett expected to spend her vacation.</p><p>She thought this would be a break from the stresses of work and raising her young children. A chance to repair her <b>damaged marriage. </b>A week of hiking and hot tubs with two other couple friends. It sounded like heaven.</p><p>Then Claire's minivan breaks down on a lonely dirt road. With no cell reception, <b> the group has no choice but to hike the rest of the way to their hotel</b>. But it turns out the woods aren't as easy to navigate as they thought.</p><p>Hours later, <b>they are lost. </b>Hopelessly lost. </p><p>And as they navigate deeper into the woods, the members of their party are struck down mysteriously one by one. Has a wild animal been hunting them? <b>Or is the hunter one of them?</b></p><p>But as more time passes, one thing becomes clear: </p><p><b>Only one of them will return home alive.</b></p>

The Locked Door: A gripping psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist
The Locked Door: A gripping psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist
The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides • 2021
Ward D
Freida McFadden • 2023
Powerless
Lauren Roberts • 2023
Death Row
Freida McFadden • 2025
The Inmate
Freida McFadden • 2022
The Housemaid's Secret
Freida McFadden • 2023
The Teacher
Freida McFadden • 2024
The Boyfriend
Freida McFadden • 2024
The Tenant
Freida McFadden • 2025

Never Lie: An addictive psychological thriller
Never Lie: An addictive psychological thriller

The Housemaid
The Housemaid

As Good as Dead: The Finale to A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
As Good as Dead: The Finale to A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Good Girl, Bad Blood The Sequel to A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Good Girl, Bad Blood The Sequel to A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
<b>THE MUST-READ MULTIMILLION BESTSELLING MYSTERY SERIES<b>—</b>NOW ON NETFLIX! This is the story about an investigation turned obsession, full of twists and turns and with an ending you'll never expect. </b><br><br>Everyone in Fairview knows the story. <br><br>Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. It was all anyone could talk about. And five years later, Pip sees how the tragedy still haunts her town.<br><br>But she can't shake the feeling that there was more to what happened that day. She knew Sal when she was a child, and he was always so kind to her. How could he possibly have been a killer?<br><br>Now a senior herself, Pip decides to reexamine the closed case for her final project, at first just to cast doubt on the original investigation. But soon she discovers a trail of dark secrets that might actually prove Sal innocent . . . and the line between past and present begins to blur. Someone in Fairview doesn't want Pip digging around for answers, and now her own life might be in danger.<br><br><br><b>And don't miss the sequel, </b><i><b>Good Girl, Bad Blood!</b> </i><br><br><b>"The perfect nail-biting mystery." —Natasha Preston, #1 <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author</b>

The Reappearance of Rachel Price
The Reappearance of Rachel Price

Five Survive
Five Survive

Eclipse (Twilight)
Eclipse (Twilight)

New Moon (Twilight)
New Moon (Twilight)

Twilight (the Twilight Saga, Book 1)
Twilight (the Twilight Saga, Book 1)
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Breaking Dawn
Breaking Dawn
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Dracula
Dracula
The Naturals
Jennifer Lynn Barnes • 2023

The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky · 2002

The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas père · 2003

Sharp Objects: A Novel
Gillian Flynn · 2006

Rock Paper Scissors: A Novel
Alice Feeney · 2021

Local Woman Missing
Mary Kubica · 2021

Hidden Pictures
Jason Rekulak · 2023

Love, Mom
Iliana Xander · 2024

That's Not My Name
Megan Lally · 2024
The Couple at Number 9
Claire Douglas • 2022

Not Quite Dead Yet
Not Quite Dead Yet




