[bksvol-discuss] Re: Curious ISBN Question
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:57:37 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks, Evan. That explanation is quite logical and
explains why I'd found several other books on that
e-reads site or at some other sites with the 0's as
ISBNs. I didn't look carefully at what kind of
publications they were and didn't put two and two
together.
I'm glad you followed through and shared the
information with us. I, too, get curious. Unsatisfied
curiosity can itch.
Cindy
--- Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Gerald and Cindy,
>
> I spoke to a couple of reference librarians today,
> and their belief is that
> the ISBN of all zeroes refers to the e-reads
> electronic edition of the book
> because it says right above it, "First e-reads
> publication 2002", so the
> ISBN probably refers to the electronic edition.
> Either electronic editions
> don't have them, or they have a different kind of
> ISBN from printed books.
> I wasn't clear on that because they didn't seem to
> be entirely sure. But
> there is another more plausible sounding ISBN on the
> back cover, which
> didn't scan, and I didn't notice it while looking at
> the page with my
> Optacon. I was told that that one refers to the
> actual printed version of
> the book. That's the proper ISBN for this book, so
> that's the one I will
> submit to Bookshare.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Evan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gerald Hovas" <GeraldHovas@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 9:05 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Curious ISBN Question
>
>
> > Evan,
> >
> > That's interesting. I've spotted several books in
> the collection with all
> > zeros in the ISBN and thought it was a bug.
> >
> > I tried looking for the answer on www.isbn.org,
> but couldn't find an
> > explanation.
> >
> > I'm guessing that some people may be using all
> zeros for an ISBN instead
> > of
> > applying for a real ISBN or leaving the ISBN out
> of the book.
> >
> > In any case, we've already got some of those ISBNs
> in the collection, so
> > if
> > the web page will take it, then don't worry about
> it, and if the web page
> > won't take it, again, don't worry about it.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Gerald
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Evan Reese
> > Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 11:28 PM
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Curious ISBN Question
> >
> > I am beginning to do a rescan of a book, and while
> making sure I have all
> > the copyright and ISBN info correct, I find that
> this book has an ISBN of
> > 0-0000-0000-0. I am not kidding! Has anyone ever
> seen this before? Does
> > anyone know what it means? I bought this book
> legitimately from Amazon,
> > if
> > anyone is wondering. It is a paperback from some
> publisher called
> > e-reads.
> > The print quality is very good, and I expect to
> get a great scan of it.
> >
> > Thanks for any info on this. I suspect that this
> ISBN will not be
> > accepted
> > by Bookshare? he asked half jokingly.
> >
> > Evan
> >
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