# `faker.providers.sbn`

class faker.providers.sbn.Provider(generator: Any)

  Bases: `BaseProvider`

  Generates fake SBNs. These are the precursor to the ISBN and are largely similar to ISBN-10.

  See https://www.isbn-international.org/content/what-isbn for the format of ISBNs. SBNs have no EAN prefix or Registration Group.

  sbn9(separator: str = '-') → str
    Examples:

        >>> Faker.seed(0)
        >>> for _ in range(5):
        ...     fake.sbn9()
        ...
        '660-48764-3'
        '7593-8242-9'
        '19-489241-2'
        '15-781565-5'
        '938778-40-2'