Actually I was wondering that too, as several of my books, especially those from the 1960s and earlier don't have ISBN's and if they do they are mangled beyond recognition. Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. Graduate Advisory Council www.guidedogs.com The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs. -- Vance Havner ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 8:10 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Copyright question Good points, Jim. In validating, I've come across titles with the wrong author and with a copyright attributed to the publisher rather than the author. But what do you mean by " More future functionality is going > to depend heavily on > ISBN number: " What sort of functionality, and what about books that don't have ISBN numbers? Just curious. Cindy --- Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > >As a practical matter, if a book has an ISBN, there > likely is no reason > to > >check further. > > Actually, you should check further for a couple of > reasons: > > 1. Title/author check. We've had books submitted > with the wrong title, > and had authors complain that they had a book they > didn't write. > 2. ISBN check. More future functionality is going > to depend heavily on > ISBN number: it's worth checking it. > > That's in addition to our copyright compliance > requirement, which is > written into Chafee. > > Jim Fruchterman > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.8/71 - Release Date: 8/12/2005