Talk:ISBN

Question

Is it reasonable to say "Some publishers, such as Ballantine Books, would sometimes use 12-digit SBNs where the last three digits indicated the price of the book;" or should we say "would append the book price to the SBN, creating a 12 digit number". All the best: Rich Farmbrough 20:25, 3 October 2025 (UTC).

I don't know, but either way I would change "would V" to "Ved". Largoplazo (talk) 20:59, 3 October 2025 (UTC)

What is V? --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 10:05, 4 October 2025 (UTC)

It's a placeholder for whatever verb is there. Largoplazo (talk) 11:35, 4 October 2025 (UTC)

Minor edit request

"Figuring out how to correctly separate a given ISBN is complicated." Change the informal "figuring out" to the formal "determining". More suitable encyclopaedic tone. Thanks. ~2026-27366-46 (talk) 13:36, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

I was going to follow your suggestion but got confused and decided not to take care if it yet. If a publisher has been assigned a 4-digit number, leaving three digits for the title code, that publisher cannot publish more than 1,000 works without running out of unique codes? Largoplazo (talk) 13:55, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Yes this is correct. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 21:41, 9 October 2026 (UTC).

Changing the example ISBN

The current example ISBN (978-3-16-148410-0) was first used in 2007. In 2019 it has been assigned to a book. Should it be changed? Tadhm (talk) 06:51, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

How dare they! Largoplazo (talk) 14:18, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

It may be used for multiple books, which is interesting. Here for example. Maybe because people who didn't understand cut and pasted the example number.

All the best: Rich Farmbrough 19:44, 12 October 2026 (UTC).

Semi-protected edit request on 28 September 2026

Grammar correction: change "significantly affected the country's video game industry" to "significantly affecting the country's video game industry". ~2026-52269-98 (talk) 05:26, 28 September 2026 (UTC)

 Done, thanks. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 15:47, 28 September 2026 (UTC)