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Book club question (again)
Jon:
Thanks for your comments. As I noted in another post, I discovered that virtually every Simon & Schuster I've got has the "numbers in a box" or at least something like a product or serial number in contrasting color on the back cover. I'm quite sure that's what I was thinking of. I've changed the picture on my website to show ONLY books with "numbers in a box" (it used to have a sample of a number not in a box) and based on your post any my research in my own library, I've changed the text to read: "A brief string of numbers in a box of contrasting color on the back cover may be a book club marker. This appears to be a fairly reliable book club indicator for science fiction books, but be careful when applying this to other types. A few mainstream publishers present a short code like this on regular books. Simon & Schuster appears to be using it currently. McGraw-Hill and Prentice-Hall were in the practice of using it before the ISBN became standard." I will be happy to credit you with the info you provided if you wish. (I don't like to put people's name on the net without their prior permission, but I also like to give credit where credit is due. Just let me know!) Alice "Jon Meyers" wrote in message ... "my-wings" wrote... I know identification of book club editions comes up here often, but I've got a very specific question about a very specific "marker." Googling, I've found four references, given below, to the placing of "serial numbers" or "numbers in a box" on the back jacket, in lieu of the ISBN number. I thought this was pretty cool, so I added it to my "visual aids" for identifying book clubs ( http://home.att.net/~my_wings/problems/bomc01.html -- it's at the bottom) but then I ran into a book that I know isn't a book club, because it still had the store sticker on it, but it also had the "numbers in a box" on the back. I can't for the life of me lay my hands on that book right now, but I noted it at the time. Is the "numbers in a box" really a marker? Does it only apply in certain circumstances, say, from a particular publisher? I'd appreciate any help anyone could offer to clarify this. The numbers-in-a-box marker primarily applies, I think, to Science Fiction Book Club editions. There are a few publishers--McGraw-Hill and Prentice-Hall, as examples--that at one time (before ISBNs became the standard) assigned their books in-house code numbers. These numbers were stamped on the rear board and printed on the jackets, often in a box on the rear panel. The book you remember might have been one of those. And, as Doug noted, BCEs are often sold as remainders, so the bookstore price sticker is not proof that the book is a publisher's edition. -- Jon Meyers [To reply, lose your way.] |
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