My all-time favorite books

The Ex Vows

Jessica Joyce • 2024

Picking Daisies on Sundays

Liana Cincotti • 2023

Wild Eyes (Deluxe Edition)

Elsie Silver • 2024

Wild Love

Elsie Silver • 2024

Sable Peak (The Edens #6)

Devney Perry • 2023

Crimson River (The Edens #5)

Devney Perry • 2023

Jasper Vale

Devney Perry • 2024

Juniper Hill (The Edens)

Devney Perry • 2022

Indigo Ridge (The Edens)

Devney Perry • 2021

The Brightest Light of Sunshine

Lisina Coney • 2023

Magnolia Parks Universe Series 4 Books Collection Set (Magnolia Parks, Daisy Haites, Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home & Daisy Haites: The Great Undoing)

Jessa Hastings • 2023

Cleopatra and Frankenstein

Coco Mellors • 2022

Los siete maridos de Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2021

Cuando no queden más estrellas que contar

María Martínez • 2021

Nosotros en la luna

Alice Kellen • 2020

Some Kind of Perfect

Krista Ritchie • 2024

Long Way Down

Krista Ritchie • 2022

Fuel the Fire

Krista Ritchie • 2022

Houthose flower

Krista Ritchie

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.

Kiss the Sky

Krista Ritchie • 2023

Addicted After All

Krista Ritchie • 2023

Thrive

Krista Ritchie • 2023

Addicted for Now

Krista Ritchie • 2023

Ricochet

Krista Ritchie • 2022

Addicted to You

Krista Ritchie • 2022

Throne Of Glass Series Collection 8-Book Set by Sarah J. Maas

Sarah J. Maas • 2023

All Rhodes Lead Here

Mariana Zapata • 2023