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Request for an International Standard Book Number (ISBN)

Estimated Time:

30 minutes.

Location:

Deposit center / Division of Books Standard International Number.

Estimated Fee:

Free- of- Charge.

An agreement has been signed between the Department and ISBN Agency in Berlin in 1998 to be their sole agent in Jordan for ten years. The Agency is now replaced by a company located in London.

ISBN number consists of 10 digits, and will be 13 digits by 2007.

Conditions for obtaining service

• The service applicant shall have subscription number allocated for his prints from the books. • The books shall have procured national deposit number.

Notes

• If it is not possible to print/produce the artistic work during the same year, when the deposit number has been procured, the deposit number shall be null and void and the number shall be renewed.
• The center shall implement the provisions of articles of the deposit mentioned in the Deposit Regulations No. (4) of 1994 and the articles (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45 and 52) of Copyright Law No. (22) of 1992 and its amendments.

Partner institutions:

International Standard Book Number Agency.

Procedures

1. The service recipient shall fill form of Books Standard International Number Application (ISBN).
2. The service recipient shall sign registration applicant's declaration on the correctness of the data mentioned in the same and signing the declaration with the publisher's seal.
3. Ensuring whether he has previous international number under the same deposit number.
4. The employee enters the data of the application presented in the computerized system at the deposit center to determine the necessary standard international number and printing two copies of the official letter that contains ISBN number.
5. Presenting the official letter to the director general or his authorized person to sign the same.
6. Handing over copy of the official letter to the service recipient to record the ISBN number in an apparent place in the artistic work.

Required Documents

• For the first time, the subscription applicant shall attend at ISBN Agency in Jordan and present subscription application contains the size of annual publication including the books titles, his address and telephone numbers.
• Publisher permit from Media Authority (for the publishers).
• Copy of the company's registration certificate (recent).
• Copy of certificate of authorized signatories for the company (recent) for the publisher.
• Copy of Civil Affairs ID for the author.