Books wishlist 2026
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Aprendiendo a caer
Mikael Ross • 2023
Lo indispensable de Unas lesbianas de cuidado
Alison Bechdel • 2014
Archivos expiatorios
Flavita Banana • 2025
Alimentar a Los Fantasmas (Premio Pulitzer) / Feeding Ghosts: a Graphic Memoir
Tessa Hulls • 2025
Narrativa
Matriz
Sofía Brotons
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.
Mil cosas
Juan Tallón • 2025
Actos humanos
Kang Han • 2024
Un momento de ternura y de piedad
Irene Cuevas • 2024
Carcoma
Layla Martínez • 2021
La plaza del Diamante
Mercè Rodoreda • 2021
Han cantado bingo
Lana Corujo • 2025
Mañana matarán a Daniel
Aroa Moreno Durán • 2025
En la Tierra somos fugazmente grandiosos
Ocean Vuong • 2020
Como bestias
Violaine Bérot • 2024
Elogio de las manos
Jesús Carrasco • 2024
Yo era un chico
Fer Rivas • 2025
Calabobos / Drizzle
Luis Mario • 2025
Caída de las nubes
Violaine Bérot • 2025
¡Mártir!
Kaveh Akbar • 2025
Ensayos y otros
¡Mujeres, mierda!
María Teresa Andruetto • 2024
Esta Cosa de Tinieblas / This Thing of Darkness
Mar García Puig • 2026
El mal de las mujeres locura y feminidad en la cultura inglesa (1830-1980)
Elaine Showalter • 2025
Muros de silencio Represión y resistencia: las mujeres en el franquismo
Isabel Serrano Durán • 2024
Breve historia del conflicto entre Israel y Palestina
Ilan Pappé • 2024






