ISBN Information

Cost of ISBN Numbers

The cost of ISBN numbers to individual publishers can depend on a number of factors, the first to be considered being what regional, national or linguistice group that you are part of. The global ISBN system is administered by grouping itself into a large number of groups, each of which largely oversees its own affairs. One of the things that each group administers is the cost of that regions, nations or linguistic groups ISBN numbers.

• For further information on ISBN groups, see the ISBN Group Agencies page.
• To understand how the international agency organises group agencies, see the Administration of the ISBN System page.

The Cost of ISBN Numbers in the USA

The ISBN authority for the USA is R R Bowker in New Providence, NJ.

You purchase ISBN numbers in blocks of 10, 100 or 1000.

You pay two fees - a registration fee and a processing fee.

There are three grades of processing your order, depending on how fast you need your ISBNs.

The table below shows the combined registration fee and processing fee for each number of ISBNs purchased for each grade of service.

The Cost of ISBN Numbers in the United Kingdom and The Republic of Ireland

The ISBN authority for the UK and Ireland is Nielsen Book Services in London.

You purchase ISBN numbers in blocks of 10, 100 or 1000.

There are two grades of processing your order, depending on how fast you need your ISBNs.

The table below shows the total fee for each number of ISBNs purchased for each grade of service. Note the additional fee for issue by post as opposed to by email.