Do you require a barcode for your book or your publication?
If you’re looking to distribute your publication via retailers, amazon, brick and mortar book stores, libraries or distribution warehouses in South Africa, you will need a barcode. Barcode World offers customers ISBN barcode numbers for books and once-off publications, as well as ISSN barcodes for newspapers, magazines and serial publications. 
Our service is fast and efficient, and our registration prices are the lowest in South Africa! As these are not GS1 codes, there are no extra registration or annual fees that needed to be paid – simply select the publication barcode you need and we will register, design and send the numbers to you within 12 working days. Our ISBN and ISSN numbers are suitable for use at all libraries, bookstores and directories worldwide.

We guarantee that the barcode numbers you purchase will be unique to you and belong to your publication for life! Our ISBN and ISSN numbers are accepted at all South African retailers, libraries and book repositories. All our codes are also integrated into the South African national library publication database.

Which of our barcode services will you require?

Barcode image design for ISBN, ISSN or case barcode numbers
R 80 per image design
ISBN barcodes for books and once-off publications
R 100 per barcode
ISSN barcodes for serial or recurring publications
R 100 per barcode
Case barcode design for boxes or cases of books
R 80 per barcode
ISBN or ISSN barcodes for online publications or e-books
R 100 per barcode 

What happens after a barcode is purchased?

Please note that we do not distribute GS1 barcodes, as these are for non-literature retail items. For ISBN and ISSN numbers, it is required of you to also send through certain information such as publication title, editorial page, publisher, etc. Have a look at our ISBN and ISSN pages to find out the specific requirements and steps of this process. Next, we register the barcode numbers with the national library which takes up to 10 working days. Once the registration process is completed, we can put together your image designs and send them to you via email or post.