I am not sure why you had to put the hyphens in unless Amazon has changed something about their search. I learned a long time ago that ISBN searches on most any site just work better without the hyphens. Of course, by now I have been routinely removing them for long enough that if anything has changed I wouldn't know about it.
On 3/19/2012 6:18 PM, Cindy wrote:
Roger, Thank you very much. It worked perfectly, though I did have to put in the hyphens. Mike was right; The "cloth" is the hardcover and the "(paper)is paperback (I put in both ISBNs for fun; it's l like playinig with a new toy, though in this case learning about something new and enjoyng it so much I anted to do it again. grinCindyJoin us in celebrating our 10^th Anniversary! <http://blog.bookshare.org/2012/03/11/join-bookshares-worldwide-10th-anniversary-celebration/><http://blog.bookshare.org/2012/03/11/join-bookshares-worldwide-10th-anniversary-celebration/> TinyURL.com/752cyrs *From:* Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx *Sent:* Monday, March 19, 2012 8:25 AM *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: ISBNnumbers Just type the ISBN into the Amazon search field without any hyphens that might be in it. I would suggest leaving the search parameters to all departments. When you use that combo box to select a search in the books department it tends to return various editions of the book you are looking for and you will have the same dilemma. If you search all departments you will get results that describe the exact edition that you typed in the ISBN for. There may actually be more than one result. I don't know why, but Amazon often has more than one page for a specific edition and all but one of them has a paucity of information about the form that the book is in. If you click on the title of the first one displayed, though, you will get the page that tells you most about the exact ISBN edition you typed in. You might also want to try typing in the ISBN in the search field at OpenLibrary.org. You can get a lot of metadata about the book there without a lot of clutter like customer reviews and recommendations and the such. I would not advise abandoning Amazon for Open Library though. Some of those entries at Open Library can be sparse too, but the good thing about Open Library is that when the entry is sparse you can fill in the missing information yourself if you have it. On 3/19/2012 6:03 AM, Cindy wrote: block quote cited from mid:1332151397.67737.YahooMailNeo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:1332151397.67737.YahooMailNeo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Thnks, Mike I'll take Roger's advice and do that. But I'm not sure how. Would I put my book into Amazon and see what ISBN number is used for it? (hopefully not both). Or do I just put the ISBN number in the books space and see what book it comes up with? Thanks to both you and Mike for you advice. Cindy Join us in celebrating our 10th Anniversary! join-bookshares-worldwide-10th-anniversary-celebration TinyURL.com/752cyrs block quote From: Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 12:23 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: ISBNnumbers Hi Mike, You are so logical. Thank you! That makes total sense. Forget what I said unless it works. Mayrie -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [mailto: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] On Behalf Of misha Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 11:09 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: ISBNnumbers I like Roger's idea to do a search on Amazon and see how each is described. Actually, I think cloth refers to hardcover and paper refers to paperback. In the dimness of time the cardboard covers of hardcover books were coated with cloth to help them last longer (and before that it was leather). Paper, I think is short for paperback. I've seen books with both ISBNs and haven't a clue why the publishers would do it that way. Misha On 3/18/2012 10:44 PM, Cindy wrote: > Thanks,Roger > Cindy > Join us in celebrating our 10^th Anniversary! > <http://blog.bookshare.org/2012/03/11/join-bookshares-worldwide-10th-anniver sary-celebration/> > <http://blog.bookshare.org/2012/03/11/join-bookshares-worldwide-10th-anniver sary-celebration/> > > > TinyURL.com/752cyrs > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Roger Loran Bailey < rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx <mailto:rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>> > *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > *Sent:* Sunday, March 18, 2012 8:23 PM > *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: ISBNnumbers > > Do a search on Amazon for each ISBN and see how each are described. > > On 3/18/2012 10:00 PM, Cindy wrote: >> My print book has both numbers; unlike most books I've seen it >> doesn't hardbound or library copy, but I guess the "paper" must >> be the hardcover one, so that's the ISBN number I'll use when I >> upload. >> Thanks, Mayrie >> Cindy >> Join us in celebrating our 10^th Anniversary! >> <http://blog.bookshare.org/2012/03/11/join-bookshares-worldwide-10th-anniver sary-celebration/> >> <http://blog.bookshare.org/2012/03/11/join-bookshares-worldwide-10th-anniver sary-celebration/> >> >> >> TinyURL.com/752cyrs <http://TinyURL.com/752cyrs> >> >> >> >> *From:* Mayrie ReNae < mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>> >> <mailto: mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>> >> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> <mailto: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> >> *Sent:* Sunday, March 18, 2012 5:11 PM >> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: ISBNnumbers >> >> HI Cindy, >> When filling out the form on the Bookshare web site to upload >> your book to the approval queue, you use the ISBN that >> applies to the exact book that you are proofreading. I >> suspect that the ISBN that you want is the one for the >> hardcover, not the cloth. First, how many people are likely >> to be able to scan a clothbound book, which I assume are less >> commonly found in libraries, but more likely, when two isbn's >> are listed, it is most common that the second applies to the >> edition in which the numbers both appear. >> Does that make any sense? >> In short, please use the hardcover ISBN, unless you have a >> concrete reason to believe that the cloth edition is the one >> that was scanned. >> Which matches your print copy? Does knowing that help you? >> Mayrie >> >> *From:* bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> <mailto: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> >> [mailto: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] *On Behalf Of *Cindy >> *Sent:* Sunday, March 18, 2012 4:24 PM >> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> <mailto: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> >> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] ISBNnumbers >> >> Darn my memory. If my book has 2 ISBN numbers, one for cloth >> and one for paper (which I assume is the hard-cover book I >> have) should I put only the one for the one I think I have? >> Or should I just not put ISBN number, or should I do both? (A >> Actually, I don't think I've seen this before in the print >> book I've used for proofing, so maybe it isn't my memory at fault >> Cindy >> Join us in celebrating our 10^th Anniversary! >> <http://blog.bookshare.org/2012/03/11/join-bookshares-worldwide-10th-anniver sary-celebration/> >> <http://blog.bookshare.org/2012/03/11/join-bookshares-worldwide-10th-anniver sary-celebration/> >> >> >> TinyURL.com/752cyrs < http://TinyURL.com/752cyrs> >> >> >> >> > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. 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