[bksvol-discuss] Re: ISBNnumbers
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 03:03:17 -0700 (PDT)
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
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> From: Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 12:23 AM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: ISBNnumbers
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>Hi Mike,
>
>You are so logical. Thank you! That makes total sense. Forget what I said
>unless it works.
>
>Mayrie
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>[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of misha
>Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 11:09 PM
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>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: ISBNnumbers
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>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
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>> *From:* Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
>> *To:* 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
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>>> *From:* Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
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>>> *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
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>>> *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
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