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ppint. 29th Mar 2023
| | why not read for comprehension, and just perhaps refer to the reality of merkin usages over the decades - ?
what yr hmbl srppnt. stated is factually correct, and there are examples of such merkin (mis)usage here on bookcat.
(yuk-of-gb-&-ni publishers occasionally err, also, as from time-to-time noted; but generally not consistently and not repeatedly so for decades.) |
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annaloog ● 29th Mar 2023
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... in all such instances, omitting the final element or block of the bar-code number renders it ....
This is not correct. 978-prefix bar code numbers reserve the rightmost 5 digits for list price or other info. which is useful for retail inventory, but inconsequential for 45worlds purposes. This was a change from earlier bar code formatting which did reserve the rightmost 5 digits for the book no. |
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ppint. 29th Mar 2023
| | do not follow the misleading and often incorrect advice in the comment, ''for 45worlds purposes...'':
in many instances of the merkin (mis)usage of the bar-code number, it is only the final element of the bar-code number that identifies the book uniquely, being the only element including the book's cat#, or the numerical part of the cat# that is included as part of the isbn:
in all such instances, omitting the final element or block of the bar-code number renders it about as useful as a chocolate teapot. |
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annaloog ● 28th Mar 2023
| | For 45worlds purposes the leftmost 13 digits of 978-prefixed bar code numbers are all that need to be entered (and if the same as the ISBN-13 will be shown combined into one field); the rightmost 5 digits can be ignored. |
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ppint. 28th Mar 2023
| | bar-code number actually on back cover truncated by too-small field: 9 780008 402006 51499 |
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ppint. 28th Mar 2023
| | harpercollinspublishers small format h/cvr first printing, first edition
1 london bridge street, london se1 9gf
cover art by sarah ferone (unsigned, credited on back cover)
interior colour & b+w illustrations also by sarah ferone (unsigned, credited on front cover, title page, indicia)
cover price £9.99, $19.99 can(ada), $14.99 us
(why the bar-code of a primarily uk h/cvr should encode the merkin cover price is anyone's guess...)
refer to indicia publishing history printing number line to distinguish between at least three near-identical printings |
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