ISBN Application Forms
This form is to be used when applying for an ISBN or block of
ISBN numbers. If you have any problems completing the form, please
contact the ISBN Agency on +61-3-8645-0385 or +61-3-8645-0305
or email Click here to email
The application form can be downloaded in either
pdf or Microsoft
Word formats. Print and complete either form, then fax it back
to +61-3-8645-0395
Download the PDF form
OR
Download the MS Word
form
Filling in the application form
Publisher Details
Publisher: The person or organisation that is responsible
for producing the publication it is normally NOT
the printer.
Address: Please supply a postal address, and a street
address if separate.
Contact name: This is the person who will be responsible
for receiving notification of the ISBN/s. If you are applying
for a block, it is the person who will be responsible for the
allocation of ISBNs to publications and for notifying the ISBN
Agency of these allocations.
Title details: To be completed by those publishers who
require a single ISBN. As some details may change between issuing
the ISBN and publication, amendments can be made at any time after
the ISBN is issued.
Subtitle (if any): a secondary title that appears after
the title and usually is of an explanatory nature. In the following
example, the subtitle is after the colon.
Olympic Fever: A Study of the Australian Mood in the Year 2000.
Contributors: We can only list up to two of each type
(e.g., authors, illustrators); if there are more than two of each
type (e.g., 3 authors), one will be listed along with the term
Others. Editors should only be listed if they are
mentioned on the imprint page; for example, in an anthology.
Multi-volume works/editions: see Frequently
Asked Questions
Number of pages: The number of actually numbered pages;
eg, a book has 83 bound pages, with an introduction paginated
in roman numerals, and only 60 numbered pages from 1 to 60. The
number of pages in this case is 60.
Illustrations: does not include the cover.
Price: recommended retail price, including GST
Envisaged date of publication: an estimated time (month
& year) for when the publication will be made available.
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