Check out the wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isbn
Amy On 3/1/06, Wilcox, Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I am new to BookCrossing. I just signed up Feb. 15th. I have been > registering and releasing books and enjoying it like crazy. Does anyone > know ISBN info or where to get it? Registering books has gotten me > curious. Like when did they start? Definitely many older books do not > have ISBNs on them at all. And then there seems to be an overlap where > some books got them and some didn't. Most self published books now even > seem to have them though. And what about those books that have an ISDN > but no matter how many times I double check, the info for the book is > not available? What's up with that? And also some books have the wrong > ISDN outside, but the correct one inside. Is there something bogus > about the publication of those books or were the publishers just too > lazy to go back and correct the ISDN on the cover? And a few times I > found the ISDN different but wrong on both the outside and the inside of > the book. One time I had a hunch and changed the first number and it > turned out correct! > > > > I don't get to read as much as I would like because I have a full time > daygig and do music on the side, plus, you know, peops like family, > friends, boyfriend, etc. However, I do still read! In Feb, all I got > finished with was Persepholis 1 & 2, the biographic graphic novels by > Marjane Satrapi <http://www.powells.com/authors/satrapi.html> . I have > started 3 books but not finished any of them: Infinite Jest by David > Foster Wallace, Sweet Scars of Paradise (Janis Joplin bio) by Alice > Echols and The Moon and the Sun by Vonda McIntyre. > > > > I have had a fun time started in with trading and RABCKs as well as > releasing around town. I am participating in the Race to 3 million > (registering) even though I know I won't win... it's fun and I would > like to have a complete inventory of all my books! I don't really get > how to do book Relays yet, but I am sure the understanding will dawn as > I hang out and read more..! > > Rosie "Roro" Wilcox > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ***http://www.myspace.com/rororosie > Personal My My > ***http://www.myspace.com/almostn > Constantly changing and includes news of our band "Almost NoRmL" > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (band email) > > Books just wanna be FREE! See what I mean at: > > http://bookcrossing.com/friend/Rororosie > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend > > Archives and email list settings: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- FUD: Beware of the penguin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FUD <-- Read if you have no clue of what I mean! Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati. (When all else fails, play dead.) ~~Possum Lodge Motto [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend Archives and email list settings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
