[bksvol-discuss] Re: Wrong ISBNs on Bookshare?
- From: Amy McNeely <amym@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 13:38:31 -0700
Melissa is correct.
ISBNs are for publisher inventory tracking, so a new one is issued for every
manifestation of the item: library binding, soft cover, large print, Kindle
version, ePub, etc. Bookshare has the ISBN for the manifestation scanned into
the system. When the publisher version comes in, the ePub ISBN will also show
up here.
Amy
Amy McNeely
Bookshare Librarian
amy.m@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roger Loran Bailey
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 12:10 PM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Wrong ISBNs on Bookshare?
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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----- Original Message -----
From: "Melissa Smith" <mdsmith25@xxxxxxxx>
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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
>>
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