diff --git a/ox/web/lookupbyisbn.py b/ox/web/lookupbyisbn.py
index af5d5f3..b4c2dcb 100644
--- a/ox/web/lookupbyisbn.py
+++ b/ox/web/lookupbyisbn.py
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ def get_data(isbn):
                 r[key] = ''
             if key == 'pages' and r[key]:
                 r[key] = int(r[key])
-        r['description'] = strip_tags(find_re(data, '<h2>Description:<\/h2>(.*?)<div ')).strip()
+        desc = find_re(data, '<h2>Description:<\/h2>(.*?)<div ')
+        desc = desc.replace('<br /><br />', ' ').replace('<br /> ', ' ').replace('<br />', ' ')
+        r['description'] = strip_tags(desc).strip()
         if r['description'] == u'Description of this item is not available at this time.':
             r['description'] = ''
         r['cover'] = find_re(data, '<img src="(.*?)" alt="Book cover').replace('._SL160_', '')