[bksvol-discuss] Re: What's with the Countdown
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 11:20:21 -0800 (PST)
Correct--it's where it starts, actually, not where it
goes. If the paperback you just bought starts with
one, it should have a 0 at the end, too, though maybe
they leave that off sometimes.
The book I'm about to validate has 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4
2
Cindy
--- Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> thanks. I just learned, though, that it's not
> always a count *down*. I
> bought one of those cheap paperbacks yesterday, and
> it counts *up* 1 2 3 4 5
> 6 7 8 9.
>
> I don't suppose it makes much difference, since - if
> I understand you
> correctly - it's not about the order, but just how
> far it goes.
>
> Thanks, again.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 11:33 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What's with the
> Countdown
>
>
> >A book collector explained to me that those numbers
> > indicate the edition. If a book has all ten
> numbers,
> > it is a first edition. It doesn't matter if they
> are
> > consecutive or, as you'll sometimes see, the odd
> > numbers are on one side and the even on the other.
> If
> > the numbers start with, say, 2 or 3, it is the
> third
> > time the book has been published ot reprinted.
> >
> > I think they are a fairly recent thing. I haven't
> seen
> > them in old books.
> >
> > The collector told me that those numbers ae more
> truly
> > indicative of first editions, because sometime the
> > publisher forgets to remove the words First
> Edition
> > when a book is re-published.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> > --- Jake Brownell <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Hey Evan,
> >> That's printed in a lot of books, in fact it
> >> usually counts down from 10. I think it might
> have
> >> something to do with the edition or printing or
> >> something along those lines. BTW it doesn't
> always
> >> start with 10 and end with 1, but that is a
> common
> >> example.
> >>
> >> HTH,
> >> Jake
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: Evan Reese
> >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 1:25 PM
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] What's with the
> >> Countdown
> >>
> >>
> >> A very trivial question, but on several books
> I've
> >> checked lately, at the bottom of the page with
> the
> >> copyright info and ISBN and so forth is written:
> >> 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
> >>
> >> Anyone know what that's about?
> >>
> >> Just wondering.
> >
> >
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