Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!rice!uw-beaver!sumax!nwnexus!kurt From: kurt@nwnexus.WA.COM (Kurt Cockrum) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: Obtaining an ISBN number? Message-ID: <211@nwnexus.WA.COM> Date: 29 Nov 89 16:28:45 GMT References: <172@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM> Reply-To: kurt@nwnexus.UUCP (Kurt Cockrum) Distribution: usa Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc.; Seattle, WA Lines: 33 In article <172@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM> ries@venice.sedd.trw.com (Marc Ries) writes: > Which brings up two questions: > > 1) Do you need one? If not, what are the advantages of having one > (for a limited circulation publication)? Booksellers use ISBN's and ISSN's (International Standard Serial Number) to order books and serials. Librarians find these useful, too. The idea is to have these numbers uniquely identify a publication down to the edition level (1st. ed, 2nd. ed, etc.), so a bookstore proprietor, librarian or whatever in any part of the world can order an ISBN'ed item unambiguously. > > 2) How would you go about obtaining one? If this involves the > Library of Congress, does anyone have their address handy? The information I have is rather old [1979 :), but this program is pretty stable]. For ISBN info write to: International Standard book Numbering Agency 1180 Avenue of the Americas New York NY 10036 For ISSN information write to: National Serials Data Program Library of Congress Washington DC 20540 Hope you find this useful. -- Kurt Cockrum, P. O. Box 47111, Seattle, Ecotopia (formerly WA 98146 USA). voice: (206)762-6417. uucp: ..!uunet!thebes!{camco,nwnexus}!kurt . Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com