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. grin Cindy Join us in celebrating our 10th Anniversary! 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 >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> >To: >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] > >On Behalf Of misha >Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 11:09 PM >To: >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> > >> *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 >>> 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> > >>> *To:* >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] > >*On Behalf Of *Cindy >>> *Sent:* Sunday, March 18, 2012 4:24 PM >>> *To:* >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 >put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. 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