Books Registration Office

The Books Registration Office of the Television and Entertainment
Licensing Authority is responsible for registering books first printed,
produced or published locally. A bibliography of the registered books is
gazetted at quarterly intervals. In 1997, the office registered a total of
9 800 books and 10 775 periodicals.

The office is also the local agent for the International Standard Book
Numbering (ISBN) System. During the year, 300 new publishers' prefixes
conforming to ISBN were issued.

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