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Re: NFC: Re: Kinda OT...Book Question



http://www.isbn.nu/ is a good way

The ISBNs indicate two different publishers.

Regards
Mark Barnett
AquaBid.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Denkhaus, Robert" <DenkhaR at Ci_Fort-Worth.TX.US>
To: "'nfc at actwin_com'" <nfc at ActWin_com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 3:44 PM
Subject: RE: NFC: Re: Kinda OT...Book Question


> Ty,
>
> I checked with our volunteer librarian (who is a retired professional
> librarian) regarding your dilemma.  She suggests three possibilities:
>
> 1) They are different books.
> 2) They are the same book but one is in paperback and the other is
hardback
> - apparently they get different ISBN's because of their physical
> differences.
> 3) They are the same book and somebody made a mistake.  (She says this is
> rare for ISBN's)
>
> She recommends that you check the publisher(s) if possible and of course
the
> basics like number of pages, chapters, figures/photos, etc.  If you can't
> find this info, she says to check with your local library...that's what
they
> get paid for.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Rob Denkhaus
> Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ty_Hall at eFunds_Com [mailto:Ty_Hall at eFunds_Com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 2:09 PM
> To: nfc at actwin_com
> Subject: Re: NFC: Re: Kinda OT...Book Question
>
>
>
> Magazine Article: "Creating a natural aquarium", by Peter Hiscock, ISBN
> 1-903098-11-4. Cover depicts a frame of hand drawn images surrounding a
> black box that shows the book title, in green, a small descriptive
> paragraph, a photo of a fish tank and the author's name. Price: 7.99 (UK,
> can't do the L with the line through on my keyboard, pounds I think)
>
> Amazon: "Creating a natural aquarium", by Gina Sanford, ISBN 0764561413.
> Cover depicts a frame of hand drawn images (different images then above)
> surrounding a black box that shows the book title, in green, a small
> descriptive paragraph (same exact paragraph), a photo of a fish tank
> (different tank) and no author's name. Price $11.96
>
> I want the book described in the article but am not sure they are the
same.
>
> Is there a place to look up ISBN numbers?
>
> Ty



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