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ISBN Barcode Generator

Generate the retail barcode before cover production starts guessing

Enter ISBN and Price

Must be a valid ISBN-13 starting with 978 or 979. Dashes are automatically formatted.

Leave blank for no price, enter 90000 for a price placeholder, or use a price like 6.99 (max $99.99). You can also enter a direct add-on code (2 or 5 digits).

Select the currency for your book's retail price encoding.

About This Tool

About This Tool

  • •Creates professional ISBN-13 Bookland EAN barcodes at 300 DPI
  • •Includes optional 5-digit price addon barcode (EAN-5)
  • •Server-side generation for maximum quality
  • •Perfect for book covers, back covers, and commercial printing

Barcode preview

Barcode preview will appear here

Enter a valid ISBN-13 and click Generate preview

Generated at 300 DPI for professional printing. Designers can place this barcode file directly on the back cover at the required size.

Create print-ready ISBN-13 barcodes for back covers with barcode validation, optional price encoding, and export formats your designer or printer can actually use.

  • 300 DPIprint-ready output
  • 4download formats
  • ISBN-13validation built in
  • EAN-5price add-on support

How it works

The flow should be simple enough to use quickly and structured enough to produce a useful publishing decision.

Step 1

Enter the live ISBN

Start with a valid ISBN-13 so the barcode is built from the real retail identifier instead of a placeholder that fails later in production.

Step 2

Add price encoding if needed

Include optional retail-price data when the distribution or print workflow needs it, or leave it blank when the market requires flexibility.

Step 3

Preview the production output

Generate the barcode preview before you hand anything to design so the scan path and sizing assumptions are checked early.

Step 4

Export the right file format

Download PNG, JPG, PDF, or SVG depending on whether the asset is headed to print design, a vendor handoff, or a production archive.

Step 5

Move into cover placement

Once the barcode is ready, use it with the back-cover layout and broader publishing setup so the book is retail-ready end to end.

FAQ

ISBN barcode questions authors usually ask before sending a file to print

Next step

Once the barcode is ready, the next move is making sure the whole print package is ready too.

A clean barcode helps only when the rest of the cover, print setup, and publishing files are equally production-ready.

Related route

Calculate cover dimensions

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