[FM Discuss] Question about ISBNs

[adam]

On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 19:03 -0400, Andy Oram wrote:
> At O'Reilly we're facing an issue with online books, and I know FM has 
> dealt with it too--but I don't remember the resolution.
> 
> To sell a book through conventional channels, you need an ISBN. A new 
> edition gets a new ISBN. But what is a "new" edition? The CiviCRM manual 
> has undergone a major overhaul and expansion. Did it get a new ISBN? 

im not sure it has an isbn at all


> What rules govern when a book gets a new ISBN?

the 'rules' as per amazon etc require a new isbn for each edition.


adam

> 
> At O'Reilly, one of the things that makes us shiver is two people 
> arguing over how to carry out some technical task, and both referring to 
> their copies of a book, and then finding out their two copies say 
> something different. Reminds me of the political left in the 1970s, when 
> the Quotations of Chairman Mao changed routinely.
> 
> Andy
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