[bksvol-discuss] Re: ISBNnumbers

  • From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:00:46 -0700 (PDT)

Don't Know.I used All Departments as you suggested and put in the ISBN number 
without the hyphens and got no fresult. Then I put it in with the hyphens and 
got the result. --But wait, I also didn't use 1- and then the rest of the 
number the first time. I just started with the number after the 1- Maybe that 
was the reason

 
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> From: Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 4:28 PM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: ISBNnumbers
> 
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>I am not sure why you had to put the hyphens in unless Amazon has changed 
>something about their search. I learned a long time ago that ISBN searches on 
>most any site just work better without the hyphens. Of course, by now I have 
>been routinely removing them for long enough that if anything has changed I 
>wouldn't know about it.
>
>On 3/19/2012 6:18 PM, Cindy wrote: 
>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
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>>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
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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
>>>
>>>Hi Mike,
>>>
>>>You are so logical.  Thank you!  That makes total
                sense.  Forget what I said
>>>unless it works.
>>>
>>>Mayrie
>>>
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>>>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
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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 <
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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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>>>*On Behalf Of *Cindy
>>>>>        *Sent:* Sunday, March 18, 2012 4:24 PM
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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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