I realise it may be hard to draw a line (which may be the reason there is no line at the moment). Just as GoodReads says: an audio book (on CD or other media) is a book, but I agree a calendar or poster should not be added.
I am not too sure about saying ISBNs for 'rejected' item types should/could (not) be added to 'accepted' item types. If possible, it would be nice if an ISBN only points a user to the item it was attached to, not a related item. It is not possible (AFAIK) to explain which ISBN is for what. On the other hand, it's sometimes hard to see what an ISBN on an item identifies*, so you can't always tell whether a mistake was made or that a related ISBN was added. Some/many records already carry ISBN and e-ISBN as ISBNs, but I am in favour of having separate records for every version, and eventually not having records with format "Hardcover, Paperback and E-book". Ben * I know ISBNs do not always identify an Edition. On 17 August 2012 16:54, Alan Millar <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 2012-08-17 at 09:33 -0400, Tom Morris wrote: >> I'd be in favor of deleting all non-book cruft with ISBN numbers like >> this, including calendars, blank diaries, multi-packs, posters, >> promotional displays, and CDs. Just because something has been >> assigned an ISBN number to that it can be sold in a book store, >> doesn't make it a book. > > I agree in general. I would perhaps make an exception or clarification > on multi-packs of the same book. > > It does not make sense to me to keep the multi-pack as a separate > edition record, but it does make sense to me to keep the ISBN for it as > an additional or alternate ISBN on the proper edition. > > If somebody does search by ISBN, and that ISBN is only associated with > that legitimate book, why wouldn't we want to have the search be > successful? > > - Alan > > > _______________________________________________ > Ol-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > [email protected] _______________________________________________ Ol-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to [email protected]
