Printing & Publishing · Recorded milestone
ISBN book numbers
Recorded year1970
ISO 2108 makes the International Standard Book Number a world standard, giving every edition a code that computers, shops and libraries can track.
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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.