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+.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 2.2.1
+.\"
+.TH "isbn" "1" "" "" "General Commands Manual"
+.hy
+.SH NAME
+.PP
+isbn \- Retrieves title, author, publisher, and publishing date of any
+book, given its 10\- or 13\-digit ISBN number.
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.PP
+\f[C]isbn\ ISBN_NUMBER\ [\-b]\f[]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.PP
+isbn is a simple utility that accepts a 10\- or 13\-digit ISBN number,
+then queries the Google Books API to retrieve its title, author,
+publisher, and year of publication.
+It can display this information on stdout as plain text or formatted as
+a LaTeX .bibtex entry.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.B \f[C]ISBN_NUMBER\f[]
+May be a 10\- or 13\-digit ISBN number, with or without dashes.
+For example: 0\-446\-60725\-8, or 0446607258.
+.RS
+.RE
+.TP
+.B \f[C]\-b,\ \-\-bibtex\f[]
+Format book information as a LaTeX .bibtex entry.
+If this option is not specified, output will be in plain text.
+.RS
+.RE
+.SH BUGS
+.PP
+Information provided by this tool is no better than that loaded into the
+Google Books database.
+Always double\-check the output of the program.
+.SH LICENSE
+.PP
+GPLv3
+.SH AUTHOR
+.PP
+Written 2021 by Ray Patrick.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.PP
+jq(1)