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May-22-2023 - 34 million ISBNs collected

Our hard-working crawlers have added one more million ISBNs to the ISBNdb database. Check our subscription options; each one comes with a free trial.

Feb-03-2023 - ISBNdb reaches 33 million ISBNs

Our database has grown with another 2 million ISBNs, and we now offer over 33 million unique ISBNs. Sign up for a free trial to test our API and get full access to the website.

May-25-2022 - 31 Million ISBNs

We now have over 31 million unique ISBNs in the database, including over 27 million cover images and up to 19 data points per book. Our crawlers continue to add books at a rapid clip, with thousands of new ISBNs and new data points for existing ISBNs added daily.

Nov-02-2021 - Data Cleanup for Synopsis

We removed the old "synopsys" and "overview" data points, and consolidated and replaced with "Synopsis".  This eliminated some redundancies and made the data cleaner.  Synopsis is now the data point that has the book description. 

Jun-07-2021 - Updated Search Filters

We updated our search filters so you can now filter by publish date, edition, and year on both the website and through the API. 

Apr-03-2021 - 29 Million ISBNs

We now have over 29 million unique ISBNs in the database, including over 12 million cover images and up to 18 data points per book.  Our crawlers continue to add books at a rapid clip, with thousands of new ISBNs and new data points for existing ISBNs added daily.

Mar-23-2021 - Mobile Scanner Available

With our new mobile scanner, you can scan an ISBN barcode from our mobile site and get your book data instantly.  Try it out directly on the mobile site.

Mar-18-2021 - Publish Date Updates

You can now query by publish date, and we have updated the publish date data field to have a standard 4 digit year for any book published after the year 1900.  For any book published prior to 1900, the data is unavailable but you can query related ISBNs for versions published after 1900.

Mar-08-2021 - Related ISBNs now added to database

We added a related ISBN data point so you can now reference other ISBN editions and formats that are related to your book. 

Jan-09-2021 - ISBNdb reaches 27 million unique ISBNs

Our database added another million ISBNs, and we now offer over 27 million unique ISBNs.   Sign up for a free trial to test our API and get full access to the website.