One can verify that it is an ISBN or not by entering it in the search field of some site that allows search by ISBN and have most all of them in their database. I am thinking of sites like Amazon, Good Reads or Open Library. As to how to handle it when scanning, I don't know of any requirement that the ISBN be scanned. Just keep it on hand when submitting it to enter to get the metadata. For that matter, you don't even have to do that if you want to enter the metadata yourself. Do check the copyright page carefully though. It should be there, but it doesn't have to be.
On 11/22/2013 6:55 PM, Cindy Rosenthal wrote:
Are you sure that was the ISBN number? Was that a book you purchased ather than one you got frm a library? (I ask because otherwise it could be a library ID numberOn Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Kevin Fjelsted <kfjelsted@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:kfjelsted@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:I scanned a book a while back in which the ISBN number was on the outside of the rear cover yet no where else listed within the book. How does one handle this for scanning? There are some other promotional items on the outside rear cover as well but no real content. -Kevin 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.
