At 03:07 AM 12/30/00 -0800, you wrote: >Look, I'm not saying the ISBN numbers arent a great >thing. They are. I just want to have been the guy that >gets to collect the fees for recording all of them. >Thats what Bowker does. Its a racket! And a great one. Though I have to say I'm glad it's pretty much a monopoly. It'd be a bitch if we had to get multiple scan codes or lose out being in certain supply chains.
- [ogf-d20-l] Bowker is a racket and I want in... Clark Peterson
- David Bolack
