From: Jerry Schwartz (jschwartzthe-infoshop.com)
Date: Tue Jan 06 2009 - 09:55:35 CST

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>From: ceol-i-e.com [mailto:ceol-i-e.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 9:47 AM
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>Subject: RE: how to design book db
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>Just theories here:
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>The same book re-issued by another publisher might have a different
>ISBN.
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>A book with an insert (e.g., CDROM) may have a different ISBN, but be
>the "same" for some purposes.
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>And mistakes can be made...
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>Ultimately, I suspect that the uniqueness of ISBN to what normal folks
>call the "same book" is not as clear as one would hope.
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[JS] I'm really glad I was able to eavesdrop on this conversation. I had no
idea the ISBN issue was so murky.

For better or worse, most of "my" publishers don't use ISBNs; many of them
don't even assign product numbers.

I guess the only way around it is to assign your own unique key.
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