Finding out the ISBN: How easy it is to do it online

There are several ways to search for a book. The ISBN number is technically the best because it is uniquely assigned. Read how to find out the ISBN number.

The ISBN is one of the standard specifications and therefore easy to find.

ISBN means "International Standard Book Number", so it is a standardized system that does not allow errors if the number is entered correctly.

How to find out the ISBN

The ISBN number is entered in most books, whether paper or eBook. However, this will only help you if you already have the book to hand, but then you usually won't need the ISBN number at all. More practical, on the other hand, is to know how to find out the ISBN number of books you don't own online:

• This is best done via the product information in all popular stores, such as Amazon, Thalia or Kobo. The ISBN number is usually always found in the information.
• You can also find the information via the book search on Google Books by searching for the title of the book and looking there at the details.
• Should the search methods, for whatever reason, not be fruitful, the ISBN can be found out safely by mail request to the publisher.

Thanks to the wealth of information on the Internet, virtually no ISBN, even of rather unknown works, remains untraceable - provided, of course, the book has an ISBN.