The Mysteries of ISBN Revealed

If you've ever wondered what that barcode on the back of your new book is all about, or if you already know it's the book's ISBN but want to decipher the mysteries of the ISBN, then this Web page is a must-read.

If you are, like me, a total bibliophile, then learning to decipher the ISBN is vaguely thrilling. Hmm, if I only had some software I could use to create ISBN barcodes for all of my books for the insurance company...