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This tool turns an ISBN you already own into a print-ready EAN-13 barcode, the black-and-white barcode that goes on the back cover of a book. Type in your ISBN, set the size, and download it. There is no account to create, nothing to install, and no watermark on what you save.
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978-1-63275-150-8 01895 encodes a price of $18.95. Enter 90000 if you would rather leave the price out.A book barcode is an ISBN written in a form a scanner can read. The thirteen digits start with 978 or 979, and the tool draws them as an EAN-13 barcode, the same symbol used on nearly every book sold in a shop.
The smaller barcode to the right holds the five-digit price add-on. Its use is optional. Enter the price as five digits with no decimal, so $18.95 becomes 01895, or enter 90000 to say there is no price encoded. If you do not want the add-on at all, choose the Generic EAN-13 option or crop it off the saved image.
Save as PNG rather than JPEG. PNG keeps the bars crisp, and clean edges are what let a scanner read the code the first time. Put the barcode in the lower area of the back cover, keep a margin of white space around it, and set it on a white or light background. Print it close to its standard width of about two inches; shrinking it too far is the most common reason a barcode won't scan.
Yes. There is no sign-up, no account, and no watermark, and the file you download is full resolution. The tool costs real money to run, so donations are welcome, but nothing is required.
This tool does not assign ISBNs. You enter one you already own, and it draws the barcode. In the United States, ISBNs come from Bowker at myidentifiers.com; other countries have their own national agency. If your book already has an ISBN, you can make its barcode here.
They are a price add-on. Enter the price as five digits, for example 01895 for $18.95, or enter 90000 to leave the price out of the code. You can also skip the add-on entirely by choosing the Generic EAN-13 option.
PNG. It keeps the black bars sharp with no compression blur. Use JPEG only if your printer specifically asks for it.
Raise the Scale values so the barcode stays sharp on paper, save it as a PNG, and place it near its standard width of about two inches with clear space around it. A barcode that is too small or too tight against other artwork is the usual cause of scanning trouble.
KDP adds its own barcode to print books automatically, so you do not need to supply one there. You do need a barcode for most other printers and for selling through bookstores and the wider book trade.
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