Xref: utzoo comp.text:7792 comp.databases:8246 Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!ogicse!milton!cpac.washington.edu!pjt From: pjt@cpac.washington.edu (Larry Setlow) Newsgroups: comp.text,comp.databases Subject: Re: ISBN numbers Message-ID: Date: 22 Dec 90 00:56:36 GMT References: <1990Dec17.205911.15073@mtxinu.COM> <1990Dec19.030040.27240@cbnewsl.att.com> Sender: news@milton.u.washington.edu Followup-To: comp.text,comp.databases Organization: Center for Process Analytical Chemistry, UW, Seattle, WA Lines: 14 In-reply-to: psrc@cbnewsl.att.com's message of 19 Dec 90 03:00:40 GMT In article <1990Dec19.030040.27240@cbnewsl.att.com> psrc@cbnewsl.att.com (Paul S. R. Chisholm) writes: In article <1990Dec17.205911.15073@mtxinu.COM>, jaap@mtxinu.COM (Jaap Akkerhuis) writes: > [My book] has the ISBN 0-387-97397-4 as well as 3-540-97397-4. > The 0 for the USA and 387 for the publisher, Springer Verlag, New I thought the first number was for the *language*, not the country. I could be wrong. The first group indicates the principal language of the country of publication (I knew the exact wording from the definition once; this is close enough). The ISBN for a book published in Germany written in English will still begin with a 3. ISBNs for books published in Canada (whether in French or English or gibberish) begin with a 0.