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How Many Books Are In The World? (2024)

Book Publishing Industry By Val Giordano October 20, 2023 Tags: books, ISBN

Living in the Information Age, we are accustomed to having answers to every question we could possibly have right at our fingertips. However, there are still questions that don’t have definitive answers and these are the ones that tend to drive us a bit crazy. For avid readers like us, one of these haunting questions is a simple one: how many books are in the world?

It’s a deceptively simple question. Sure, you could browse our ISBN database, which boasts a list of over 34 million unique ISBNs, which are used to classify books—but that would not be the correct answer.

What’s Next for ISBNdb?

Product News & Updates By ISBNdb team August 30, 2023 Tags: ISBN, isbndb

We’d like to share with you our near-term plans.

As much as we love our old website, it’s quite dated. The old horse has worked hard, so its retirement is well-deserved.

How Booklinker Uses ISBNdb to Help Authors Sell More Books

Customer Success Stories By Val Giordano July 25, 2023 Tags: ISBN, isbndb, sell books

At ISBNdb.com our aim is to provide the largest ISBN database possible for publishers, booksellers, software developers, libraries, educational institutions, and all other organizations involved in the book industry. It’s a great pleasure for us to find out about new interesting ways of the ISBNdb book database usage by our customers. Today we’re happy to share the Booklinker team story, introduced by Austin Tuwiner, the Growth Manager at Booklinker.

ISBN Lookup as the Most Reliable Method to Find the Right Book

Book Data By Val Giordano July 6, 2023 Tags: Book Identification, ISBN, ISBN lookup, ISBN search

ISBNs, or International Standard Book Numbers, play an integral role in book identification and handling. Publishers, booksellers, software developers, libraries, educational institutions, and all other organizations from the book industry rely on ISBNs in their everyday work. Nowadays ISBNs are used in more than 150 countries worldwide.

Another Million of ISBNs Added

Product News & Updates By ISBNdb team May 24, 2023 Tags: ISBN, isbndb

ISBNdb now features over 34 million unique ISBNs in its collection. With its comprehensive and extensive database, ISBNdb caters to booksellers, book-related software development companies, libraries, educational institutions, and all other players in the book industry.

An Overview of ISBN 978 and 979 Prefixes

Book Publishing Industry By Val Giordano May 24, 2023 Tags: ISBN, ISBN10, ISBN13, isbndb

The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) was introduced in 1970 to provide a unique identifier for books. At the time, ISBNs consisted of 10 digits. The basic structure of the ISBN has remained the same over the years, although some changes have been made to accommodate the growing number of books being published.

Book Identification in Pre-ISBN Era

Book Publishing Industry By Val Giordano May 22, 2023 Tags: Book Identification, ISBN, isbndb, Pre-ISBN Era

We are used to searching by ISBN as the easiest way to find book data. However, ISBN is a relatively new book identification method, widely adopted in the 1970s.

When Johannes Gutenberg produced the first printed book in the fifteenth century, he probably wasn’t too concerned about book identification – his printed books never carried even his name or publishing date. That wasn’t a big deal because the book industry was in its infancy, and few books were published back in the day.

The ISBN System: The History and Evolution of ISBN Number

Book Publishing Industry By Val Giordano May 3, 2023 Tags: ISBN, ISBN10, ISBN13

Voracious readers know that every book has one thing in common. No matter what genre, length, publisher, or art that adorns its cover, every book has an ISBN. That is, provided it was printed after 1970.

You’ve likely noticed a barcode with a serial number on the back of the book you’re reading. It’s easy to think that this is just for the cashier at your local bookstore to swipe, but it’s so much more than that—it’s an ISBN!

Book Databases Guide: Obtaining Book Data via ISBN Number

Book Data By Val Giordano April 21, 2023 Tags: book database, Book Information, Book Metadata, ISBN

Publishers, booksellers, libraries, educational institutions, and all other organizations, which professionally work with books, need a reliable source of information to retrieve data about thousands or even millions of books. This is when bibliographic databases come in very handy. Using the databases’ APIs, you can quickly get titles, authors, cover art, and a lot of other book data by ISBN. Book databases enable members of the book industry to operate more efficiently and better serve their customers.

ISBNdb Reaches 33 Million ISBNs

Product News & Updates By ISBNdb team February 3, 2023 Tags: ISBN, isbndb

ISBNdb, a leading provider of ISBN information, continues to expand its database at an impressive pace. With the recent addition of another 2 million ISBNs, ISBNdb now offers over 33 million unique ISBNs, making it one of the largest and most comprehensive databases of its kind.

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