# Standard Book Number

> predecessor to ISBN for identifying published books

**Wikidata**: [Q123596489](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123596489)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Book_Number)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/standard-book-number


## References

1. [Source](https://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/2020/09/when-is-a-persistent-identifier-not-persistent-or-an-identifier.html)