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Correct, but generally the publisher. For example, our Texas Western
Press at UTEP has the first part of the ISBN number 0-87404 on all of
our books, regardless of who does the actual printing. The remaining
part of the number specifies the particular book.
Linda Doerre wrote:
> Jill,
> I think he is probably correct about ISBN being assigned to printing houses. In cataloging,
>I noticed that the first part of the numbers are usually very much alike from the same publisher. You can print the same edition but in paperback and get a completely different
>number. Each book and edition has it's own number. Hope this is some what useful.
Art Harris
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Laboratory for Environmental Biology, Centennial Museum
University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968-0915
phone (915)747-6985; fax (915)747-5808; [log in to unmask]
http://www.utep.edu/leb http://nasa.utep.edu/chih/chihdes.htm
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