Re: ISBN numbers

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From: Jaap Akkerhuis
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 1990 20:18

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 > In article <1990Dec17.205911.15073@mtxinu.COM>, jaap@mtxinu.COM (Jaap
 > Akkerhuis) writes that a single book can have multiple ISBNs.  It's
 > worth pointing out that the hardcover and paperback versions of the
 > same book have different ISBNs.
 > 
 > > [My book] has the ISBN 0-387-97397-4 as well as 3-540-97397-4.
 > 
 > > The 0 for the USA and 387 for the publisher, Springer Verlag, New
 > > York, while in the other number 3 stands for Germany and 540 for
 > > Springer Verlag Berlin-Heidelberg.  I seem to remember that 90 is
 > > the code for the Netherlands.
 > 
 > I thought the first number was for the *language*, not the country.  I
 > could be wrong.
 > 

Maybe I wasn't clear enough. I really meant one physical book with more
then one number. In fact, the two numbers are printed on the back
underneath each other.

There is no translation of the book (yet).

	jaap

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From: jaap@mtxinu.COM (Jaap Akkerhuis)
Newsgroups: comp.text,comp.databases
Subject: Re: ISBN numbers
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Date: 19 Dec 90 20:18:14 GMT
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