ONIX Code Lists Issue 63, October 2023

List 3: Record source type

Value Description Notes
00 Unspecified
01 Publisher
02 Publisher’s distributor Use to designate a distributor providing primary warehousing and fulfillment for a publisher or for a publisher’s sales agent, as distinct from a wholesaler
03 Wholesaler
04 Bibliographic agency Bibliographic data aggregator
05 Library bookseller Library supplier. Bookseller selling to libraries (including academic libraries)
06 Publisher’s sales agent Use for a publisher’s sales agent responsible for marketing the publisher’s products within a territory, as opposed to a publisher’s distributor who fulfills orders but does not market
07 Publisher’s conversion service provider Downstream provider of e-publication format conversion services (who might also be a distributor or retailer of the converted e-publication), supplying metadata on behalf of the publisher. The assigned ISBN is taken from the publisher’s ISBN prefix
08 Conversion service provider Downstream provider of e-publication format conversion services (who might also be a distributor or retailer of the converted e-publication), supplying metadata on behalf of the publisher. The assigned ISBN is taken from the service provider’s prefix (whether or not the service provider dedicates that prefix to a particular publisher)
09 ISBN Registration Agency
10 ISTC Registration Agency
11 Retail bookseller Bookseller selling primarily to consumers
12 Education bookseller Bookseller selling primarily to educational institutions
13 Library Library service providing enhanced metadata to publishers or other parties