SBN started in 1967 in UK (W.H.Smith), official international book numbering (ISBN) is after 1970.
Source: https://www.isbn.org/ISBN_history
Strange to think of WH Smith as being at the forefront of technology.
Also weird that in the space of 5 years, they'd gone from an idea, got national buy in, and then got an international standard sorted.
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Strange to think of WH Smith as being at the forefront of technology.
Also weird that in the space of 5 years, they'd gone from an idea, got national buy in, and then got an international standard sorted.