4 Aug
2012
4 Aug
'12
7:43 p.m.
C: I actually do appreciate when I'm the only person looking for
something. Makes it easier to get? it :)
Trust me it's a book on television servicing.
I'm looking at some of the
stock photos on abebooks, and I'm wondering if my brain just isn't
working correctly again. Those pictures actually look familiar (but a
number of disparate isbn numbers have the same picture, which is
possible I guess, but unlikely).
In the early days of ISBN[-10], not all publishers really "got it".
It was common for the same ISBN to get used on multiple editions,
and for different ISBNs to be used for different printings, not
just hardcvover V paperback.
There are a few other numbers to consider as an alternative to ISBN for
identification. (although not ASIN, which is just Amazon's stock number
substitute for items without ISBN)
Have you checked details with RR Bowker ("Books In Print")? That won't
have cover art, but could give you a list of which editions, ISBNs,
existed, IFF it was in print in the last 20 years or so. Sorry, I
recently got rid of my 1990 dead-tree shelf-full of BIP.
But chances are I'm correct and there was a test
pattern on
one of the editions. Or printings. I'm trying to track down specifics.
I'll post my findings as it becomes appropriate to.
Good luck,
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com