CMP ISBN Amanuensis  CMP ISBN Amanuensis

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This view this page, you should have a recent Java installed, preferably 32-bit JRE (Java Runtime Environment) 1.7.0_02.

This Applet will help you interconvert, tidy up, and validate ISBN-10 and ISBN-13s ISBN (International Standard Book Number). It tidies them into standard form with the dashes in the correct places (the rules where they go are quite complicated). It also validates the group number and the check digit. Just paste the raw ISBN-10 or ISBN-13 into the top raw box, click Tidy then copy the tidied ISBN-10 or ISBN-13 from the bottom boxes. A tidied ISBN looks like this: 0-9600688-8-0 or 0-13-625666-X or 978-0-00-000000-2.

The amanuensis is also available with Java source to download. When you run ISBN Amanuensis as an application, it is even more automatic. You don’t need to do manually paste and copying. Just click Paste to convert the current contents of the clipboard. The tidied ISBN-13 replaces the old the raw text clipboard contents. This automatic feature is not available in the Applet version because the Applet sandbox considers it a security risk.

Sorry, you need Java 1.5 or later to run this Applet.

If, isbn, the above ISBN Validator signed Java Applet (that can also be run as an application) does not work…

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  7. Optionally, you may permanently install the Canadian Mind Products code-signing certificate so you don’t have to grant each time.
  8. If the above Applet hybrid appears to freeze-up, click Alt-Esc repeatedly to check for any buried permission dialog box.
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  10. Especially if this Applet hybrid has worked before, try clearing the browser cache and rebooting.
  11. To ensure your Java is up to date, check with Wassup. First, download it and run it as an application independent of your browser, then run it online as an Applet to add the complication of your browser.
  12. If the above Applet hybrid does not work, check the Java console for error messages.
  13. If the above Applet hybrid does not work, you might have better luck with the downloadable version available below.
  14. If you are using Mac OS X and would like an improved Look and Feel, download the QuaQua look & feel from randelshofer.ch/quaqua. UnZip the contained quaqua.jar and install it in ~/Library/Java/Extensions or one of the other ext dirs.
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  20. If you still can’t get the program working click HELP for more detail.
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Here are some sample valid ISBN numbers you can use to test with:
0-00-000000-0 0-200-00000-4 0-7000-0000-3 0-85000-000-9 0-900000-00-7 0-9500000-0-0 0-9999999-9-0
1-00-000000-1 1-09-999999-5 1-100-00000-3 1-399-99999-0 1-4000-0000-9 1-4999-9999-2
1-5000-0000-0 1-5499-9999-0 1-55000-000-4 1-86979-999-2 1-869800-00-1 1-9990000-0-5
2-00000000-2 2-95000000-2 3-00000000-3 3-99999999-3 4-00000000-4 4-95000000-4
5-00000000-5 5-95000000-5 7-00000000-7 7-20000000-0 7-95000000-7 80-0000000-8 93-9999999-8 950-000000-8 950-999999-7
9949-99999-5 9950-00000-9 9959-99999-8 9960-00000-1 9989-99999-6 99901-9601-X
Examples of bad ISBNs you can use to test with:
6000000006 6950000006 6999999996 9400000006 9419000001 949999999X
992999999X 9930000003 9934000008 9939999992 9940000006 9999900003 9999999999

13-digit ISBN numbers

This program also handles the new Bookland EAN-13, 13-digit, bar-code ISBNs. It handles both 10-digit and 13-digit ISBNs. T All it does is prepend 978- to the old number and recompute the check digit, e. g.
0-915972-22-0 becomes 978-0-915972-22-7.
0-13-625666-X becomes 978-0-13-625666-3.

This program displays both the ISBN-10 and ISBN-13, with dashes in the right place, given either, The new Bookland EAN-13 check digit is computed in an unusual way with mod 10 and weight 3. This means the 13-digit ISBN numbers are always purely numeric. There is never an X check digit as there is sometimes with the mod-10, 10-digit ISBNs. 10-digit ISBNs and 12-digit UPC (Universal Product Code)s are being unified as 13-digit EANs.

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isbn
ISBN Amanuensis		 2.5 2011-12-03 free Java
more info ❘ precis ❘ screenshot ❘ browse source repository
for the current version of ISBN Amanuensis.
Applet to help you tidy, convert and verify ISBN-10 and ISBN-13 numbers used to identify books. Inserts dashes in the correct places and validates the check digit. It works even more simply as a downloadable application. ISBN stands for International Standard Book Number.
download 907K zip for ISBN Amanuensis Java source, compiled class files, jar and documentation to run on your own machine either as an application or an Applet.

First install the most recent Java.

To install, extract the zip download with WinZip, (or similar unzip utility) into any directory you please, often J:\ — ticking off the use folder names option.

To check out the corresponding source from the Subversion repository, use the TortoiseSVN repo-browser to
access isbn source in repository with [Tortoise] Subversion client on wush.net/svn/mindprod/com/mindprod/isbn/.

After you have installed the jar, you can run it as an application. Type:

java -jar J:\com\mindprod\isbn\isbn.jar

adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.

download ASP PAD XML program description for the current version of ISBN Amanuensis.

ISBN Amanuensis is free.
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Bookland EAN-13 13-digit ISBNs
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buy single ISBN from Ecko
buy single ISBN from SelfPublishing
buy single UK ISBN from Nielsen
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