ISBN Bookland EAN Supplemental Data

The smaller bar code to the right of a Bookland symbol is a 5-digit add-on where various information might be encoded. Most often, the add-on is used to encode the retail price of the publication. A Bookland EAN code which has the price encoded in the add-on is called an EAN-5. It gets it’s name from the first digit of the add-on, which is the currency indicator. Five is the designation for U.S. dollars. An add-on of 51095, then , encodes the price $10.95. A book priced at $3.00 would have the add-on 50300. Books priced at $99.99 or higher use the add-on 59999.See below for listing of common values.

The larger book retailers prefer the use of EAN/5. When the publisher chooses not to include the price, however, the add-on is 90000 (EAN/9), which is a null code indicating that there is no data encoded.  Scanners in bookstores In the U.S. cannot read the Bookland EAN code without it’s 5-digit add-on.  Thus, the use of either the EAN/5 or the EAN/9 is required.

• First digit is "5" for $US
• First digit is "6" for $Canadian
• First digit is "4" for $New Zealand
• First digit is "3" for $Australian
• First digit is "0" & "1" for British Pounds
• Use 59999 for price of $100 or more ($US)
• 90000-98999 for internal use (BISG recommends 90000 if no price designated and 5 digit code not used for internal use)
• 99000-99999 reserved for industry-wide use.
• 99990-99999 reserved for Nat'l Ass'n of College Stores (NACS)
• 99990 = NACS used books
• 99991 = NACS desk copies