There's a pretend country hiding in every book's barcode

There's a pretend country called Bookland. If you're an avid reader, there's a good chance that you have a book on your shelf that has been labeled as being from this pretend land. Bookland was created to serve as a unique prefix within the European Article Number barcode system. — Read the rest The post There's a pretend country hiding in every book's barcode appeared first on Boing Boing.

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