Hi Karen, You seem to know of merging software that I have never read about in the few years that I have been around. Can you tell more or point to a resource that describes it?
Thanks! Ben On 7 December 2014 at 17:43, Karen Coyle <kco...@kcoyle.net> wrote: > Hi. The messed up titles from Amazon are usually from third-party sellers > who take a lot of shortcuts, putting all of the information in the title. > Please edit those! Thanks. Presumably that will bring the books together > (but I don't know if that merging software is currently running). > > As for what is a "different edition" -- this is not an easy question. Texts > get reprinted often, especially those in the public domain, but each new > "act" on the part of a publisher is considered a new edition, because you > don't know what might have changed (new preface, added illustrations...). > For modern books (after about 1970) the shortcut answer is: if it has a > different ISBN, it is a different edition. > > kc > > On 12/6/14 8:47 PM, earthfu...@yahoo.ca wrote: >> >> Request cleanup of Vernor Vinge listings >> https://openlibrary.org/search?title=names&author=Vernor+Vinge >> >> 1) "True Names: And the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier by Vernor Vinge >> 4 editions - first published in 1984" >> >> 2) "True Names...and Other Dangers by Vernor Vinge >> 1 edition - first published in 1987" >> >> *** >> Should the works/editions above be made in editions of "True Names" >> book? (one edition of plain "True Names" book below) >> >> >> http://www.amazon.co.uk/True-Names-Opening-Cyberspace-Frontier/dp/0312944446/ >> "384 pages" >> http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PX9d-HOaL._AA160_.jpg >> >> image <http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PX9d-HOaL._AA160_.jpg> >> >> >> >> >> >> <http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PX9d-HOaL._AA160_.jpg> >> View on ecx.images-amazon.com >> <http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PX9d-HOaL._AA160_.jpg> >> >> Preview by Yahoo >> >> >> *** >> >> regarding title of : >> "1) "True Names: And the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier by Vernor >> Vinge >> 4 editions - first published in 1984" >> >> "True Names: And the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier " >> was first published in 2001 by Tor and contained "True Names" by Vinge >> PLUS essays by other people writing about Vinge's story. >> >> http://www.amazon.com/True-Names-Opening-Cyberspace-Frontier/dp/B001PO6ANG/ >> >> *** >> >> regarding title of : >> "2) "True Names...and Other Dangers by Vernor Vinge >> 1 edition - first published in 1987" >> >> Amazon says "275 pages", so it seems to be a straightforward reprint of >> "True Names" >> http://www.amazon.com/Names-Other-Dangers-Vernor-Vinge/dp/0671653636/ >> http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MSe9G8gnL._AA160_.jpg >> >> image <http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MSe9G8gnL._AA160_.jpg> >> >> >> >> >> >> <http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MSe9G8gnL._AA160_.jpg> >> View on ecx.images-amazon.com >> <http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MSe9G8gnL._AA160_.jpg> >> >> Preview by Yahoo >> >> >> truly, >> Julian >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ol-discuss mailing list - Ol-discuss@archive.org >> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss >> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ol-discuss@archive.org/ >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >> ol-discuss-unsubscr...@archive.org >> > > -- > Karen Coyle > kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net > m: 1-510-435-8234 > skype: kcoylenet/+1-510-984-3600 > > _______________________________________________ > Ol-discuss mailing list - Ol-discuss@archive.org > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ol-discuss@archive.org/ > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > ol-discuss-unsubscr...@archive.org _______________________________________________ Ol-discuss mailing list - Ol-discuss@archive.org http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ol-discuss@archive.org/ To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to ol-discuss-unsubscr...@archive.org
