As a matter of fact, I use GoodReads.com and when I add a book to my bookshelf there I want to add the exact edition I am reading. There was at least one publisher quality book from Bookshare that I searched for there with the ISBN and could not find it. Finally, I searched by title and author and browsed the results for an edition that most closely matched the one I had. It turned out that I found one that did have a matching ISBN. I don't know why it did not turn up when I searched by ISBN. It was identified in its entry as the Kindle edition.
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The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.com Granma International: http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html----- Original Message ----- From: "Melissa Smith" <mdsmith25@xxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 2:59 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Wrong ISBNs on Bookshare?
John, I couldn't swear to this, but here is what I think might be going on. I believe that these are books donated by the publisher. When I did a google search for the ISBN, it was giving me the ebook edition. I'm guessing that there is a different ISBN for the ebook, as opposed to the print edition. I believe that the publishers donate their ebooks, and Bookshare converts them to braille or daisy, so the publisher enters the ISBN for the ebook edition. I couldn't swear to it, though. Melissa Smith On 5/14/2010 1:00 PM, John Immarino wrote:I've noticed lately that many books submitted by the Bookshare Staff have ISBNs that come up as not found when looked up on ISBNdb.com. Books submitted by others seem to be OK. Here are two examples. There are many more. A Cruel Season for Dying by Harker Moore 9780446565486 30 Low-Fat Meals in 30 Minutes by Faye Levy 9780446567237 Does anyone know what's going on here? To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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