Editing ISBN (section)

===Issuing process <span class="anchor" id="How ISBNs are issued"></span>===
ISBN issuance is country-specific, in that ISBNs are issued by the ISBN registration agency that is responsible for that country or territory regardless of the publication language. The ranges of ISBNs assigned to any particular country are based on the publishing profile of the country concerned, and so the ranges will vary depending on the number of books and the number, type, and size of publishers that are active. Some ISBN registration agencies are based in national libraries or within ministries of culture and thus may receive direct funding from the government to support their services. In other cases, the ISBN registration service is provided by organisations such as bibliographic data providers that are not government funded.<ref>{{Cite web|title = ISBN Canada|url = http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/services/isbn-canada/Pages/isbn-canada.aspx |date = 17 April 2013|access-date = 19 January 2016|publisher = [[Library and Archives Canada|LAC]]|archive-date = 21 April 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200421235618/https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/services/isbn-canada/Pages/isbn-canada.aspx|url-status = dead }}</ref>

A full directory of ISBN agencies is available on the International ISBN Agency website.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.isbn-international.org/agencies|title=Find an agency |website=International ISBN Agency |access-date=6 April 2018|archive-date=20 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420020626/https://www.isbn-international.org/agencies|url-status=live}}</ref> A list for a few countries is given below:
* Australia – Thorpe-Bowker<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.myidentifiers.com.au/isbn/US_isbn_agency|title=About the Australian ISBN Agency |publisher=[[R. R. Bowker|THORPE-Bowker]] &#124; Identifier Services |access-date=23 January 2016|archive-date=16 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416201605/https://www.myidentifiers.com.au/isbn/US_isbn_agency|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title =  ISBN| publisher = Thorpe-Bowker Identifier Services | url = https://www.myidentifiers.com.au/isbn/main| access-date = 29 March 2012| archive-date = 2 April 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190402074747/https://www.myidentifiers.com.au/isbn/main| url-status = live}}</ref>
* Brazil – The [[National Library of Brazil]];<ref name="ISBN BR OLD">{{cite web|title=Tabela de preços dos serviços|trans-title=Table of service prices|url=http://www.isbn.bn.br/website/tabela-de-precos|url-status=dead|access-date=8 September 2015|publisher=[[National Library of Brazil|Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil]]|language=pt|archive-date=18 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018035854/http://www.isbn.bn.br/website/tabela-de-precos}}</ref> (Up to 28 February 2020)<ref name="isbn-international.org">{{cite web|title=Changes in arrangements for ISBN in Brazil|url=https://www.isbn-international.org/content/changes-arrangements-isbn-brazil/333|url-status=live|access-date=20 January 2020|archive-date=28 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028220210/https://www.isbn-international.org/content/changes-arrangements-isbn-brazil/333}}</ref>
* Brazil – Câmara Brasileira do Livro<ref name="ISBN BR">{{cite web|url=http://www.isbn.org.br/|title=ISBN Brasil|language=pt|access-date=20 January 2020|archive-date=8 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508084634/https://servicos.cbl.org.br/isbn/|url-status=live}}</ref> (From 1 March 2020)<ref name="isbn-international.org"/>
* Canada – English [[Library and Archives Canada]], a government agency; French {{Lang|fr|[[Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec]]|italic=no}};
* Caribbean Community (CARICOM) secretariat<ref name="ISBN in CARICOM">{{cite web |author=Staff writer |author-link1= |year=2016 |title=Regional ISBN Agency – CARICOM |url=https://isbn.caricom.org/ |url-access= |department= |website=www.caricom.org |language= |publication-place=Georgetown, Guyana |publisher=[[Caribbean Community]] (CARICOM) |publication-date=2016 |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-format= |archive-date= |access-date= |via= |quote-page= |quote-pages= |quote= |script-quote= |trans-quote= |mode= |ref= |postscript=}}</ref><ref>[https://www.isbn-international.org/agencies Find an agency], International ISBN Agency</ref> maintains a shared ISBN of '976' for several member states of the Caribbean region.
* Colombia – Cámara Colombiana del Libro, an NGO
* Hong Kong – Books Registration Office (BRO), under the [[Hong Kong Public Libraries]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Introduction to Books Registration|url=https://www.hkpl.gov.hk/en/about-us/services/book-registration/introduction.html|publisher=[[Hong Kong Public Libraries|HKPL]]|access-date=12 January 2017|archive-date=20 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420065651/https://www.hkpl.gov.hk/en/about-us/services/book-registration/introduction.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Iceland – Landsbókasafn ([[National and University Library of Iceland]])
* India – The [[Raja Rammohun Roy National Agency for ISBN]] (Book Promotion and Copyright Division), under Department of Higher Education, a constituent of the [[Ministry of Human Resource Development]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=138686|title=Union HRD Minister Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani Launches ISBN Portal|date=7 April 2016|publisher=[[Ministry of Human Resource Development|MHRD]]|access-date=16 June 2016|archive-date=26 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626201908/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=138686|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Israel – The Israel Center for Libraries<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icl.org.il/isbn-eng|title=What is an ISBN ?|date=7 April 2015|website=ICL – מרכז הספר והספריות|access-date=13 January 2019|archive-date=13 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113232205/https://www.icl.org.il/isbn-eng|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Italy – ''EDISER srl'', owned by ''Associazione Italiana Editori'' (Italian Publishers Association)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.isbn.it/LAGENZIA.aspx | title = ISBN – Chi siamo e contatti | publisher = EDISER srl | access-date = 3 January 2015 | language = it | trans-title = ISBN – Who we are and contacts | archive-date = 24 May 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170524222541/http://www.isbn.it/LAGENZIA.aspx | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="ediser-tariffs">{{cite web|title=ISBN – Tariffe Servizi ISBN|trans-title=ISBN Service Tariffs|url=https://www.isbn.it/TARIFFE.aspx|url-status=live|access-date=3 January 2015|publisher=EDISER srl|language=it|archive-date=3 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103161540/http://www.isbn.it/TARIFFE.aspx}}</ref>
* Kenya – [[National Library Service of Kenya|National Library of Kenya]]
* Latvia - [[Latvian ISBN Agency]]
* Lebanon – [[Lebanese ISBN Agency]]
* Maldives – The [[National Bureau of Classification (NBC)]]
* Malta – The [[National Book Council]] ({{langx|mt|Il-Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb|link=no}})<ref>{{cite web|title=ISBN|url=http://ktieb.org.mt/?page_id=22|year=2016|publisher=Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023123140/http://ktieb.org.mt/?page_id=22|archive-date=23 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Manwal ghall-Utenti tal-ISBN|url=http://ktieb.org.mt/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Manwal-ghall-Utenti-tal-ISBN-Maltese.pdf|publisher=Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb|language=mt|location=[[Malta]]|edition=6th|date=2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817083617/http://ktieb.org.mt/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Manwal-ghall-Utenti-tal-ISBN|archive-date=17 August 2016|pages=1–40|isbn=978-99957-889-4-0|access-date=14 November 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta' Malta|url=https://govcms.gov.mt/en/Government/Government%20Gazette/Documents/2015/01/Government%20Gazette%20-%2023%20January.pdf|work=Government Gazette|date=23 January 2015|page=582|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123220053/https://govcms.gov.mt/en/Government/Government%20Gazette/Documents/2015/01/Government%20Gazette%20-%2023%20January.pdf|archive-date=23 November 2016}}</ref>
* Morocco – The National Library of Morocco
* New Zealand – The [[National Library of New Zealand]]<ref name=NLNZ>{{cite web|title=ISBNs, ISSNs, and ISMNs|url=http://natlib.govt.nz/publishers-and-authors/isbns-issns-and-ismns|publisher=[[National Library of New Zealand]]|access-date=19 January 2016|archive-date=23 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423113348/https://natlib.govt.nz/publishers-and-authors/isbns-issns-and-ismns|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Nigeria – [[National Library of Nigeria]]
* Pakistan – [[National Library of Pakistan]]
* Philippines – [[National Library of the Philippines]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.nlp.gov.ph/nlp/?q=node%2F645|title=International Standard Book Number|publisher=[[National Library of the Philippines|NLP]]|access-date=25 December 2017|archive-date=19 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419212749/http://web.nlp.gov.ph/nlp/?q=node%2F645|url-status=live}}</ref>
* South Africa – [[National Library of South Africa]]
* Spain – [https://www.agenciaisbn.es/ Spanish ISBN Agency – Agencia del ISBN]
* Turkey – General Directorate of Libraries and Publications, a branch of the [[Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Turkey)|Ministry of Culture]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ekygm.gov.tr/isbn.html|title=ISBN – Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı Kütüphaneler ve Yayımlar Genel Müdürlüğü OS|website=ekygm.gov.tr|access-date=29 March 2018|archive-date=19 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419234147/http://ekygm.gov.tr/isbn.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland – ''Nielsen Book Services Ltd'', part of [[NielsenIQ|NIQ]]<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.nielsenisbnstore.com/ | title = Nielsen UK ISBN Agency | publisher = Nielsen UK ISBN Agency | access-date = 2 January 2015 | archive-date = 29 October 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191029082349/http://www.nielsenisbnstore.com/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
* United States – [[R. R. Bowker]]<ref name="ktieb"/><ref>{{cite web| title = Bowker – ISBN| date = 8 March 2013| publisher = R. R. Bowker| url = http://www.bowker.com/en-US/products/servident_isbn.shtml| access-date = 8 March 2013| archive-date = 31 March 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150331032631/http://www.bowker.com/en-US/products/servident_isbn.shtml| url-status = live}}</ref>