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Question

in a books copyright page what all the things listed there mean. Like the Isbn #, is it a first editon or which edition it is, and so forth?

Answer 1

ISBN is an international serial number assigned to books by the Bowker company. Publishers buy a set of unique ISBN numbers that they can then apply to books as they publish them. The function of the ISBN is to identify books which may have similar titles or authors. It's sort of like the book's social security number. Different formats of the same title (hardcover, mass paperback, trade paperback, audio book) will have different ISBNs. A revised edition of a book will get a new ISBN, too.

Nowadays, most first editions will say "first edition." If the book is reprinted using the same plates (no editorial changes have been made to the text), there are two ways to tell. The obvious and easy one is if it says, in some way, "Second Printing" somewhere on the copyrights page.

The less obvious indicator is at the bottom of the copyright page. See that row of digits? On a first printing of a first edition, those numbers will be:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0

If the book is printed on an offset press, the printer will intentionally damage the first number for the second printing so that the numbers will be:

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0

And for the third printing, the printer will knock off the 2 so that the first digit in the line is the 3.

Answer 2

The Isbn # is for employees to find the book or look it up in the computer. It's not much to think about.

Answer 3

The ISBN is a registration number... all books published have it. There is a central registry that you pay to get assigned an ISBN... I bet if you googled ISBN you would find a website for them that explained it all...

Answer 4

Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (title 17, U. S. Code) to the authors of “original works of authorship,” including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. This protection is available to both published and unpublished works. Section 106 of the 1976 Copyright Act generally gives the owner of copyright the exclusive right to do and to authorize others to do the following:

To reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords;

To prepare derivative works based upon the work;

To distribute copies or phonorecords of the work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending;

To perform the work publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual works;

To display the work publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works, including the individual images of a motion picture or other audiovisual work; and

In the case of sound recordings*, to perform the work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission.

In addition, certain authors of works of visual art have the rights of attribution and integrity as described in section 106A of the 1976 Copyright Act. For further information, request Circular 40, Copyright Registration for Works of the Visual Arts.

It is illegal for anyone to violate any of the rights provided by the copyright law to the owner of copyright. These rights, however, are not unlimited in scope. Sections 107 through 121 of the 1976 Copyright Act establish limitations on these rights. In some cases, these limitations are specified exemptions from copyright liability. One major limitation is the doctrine of “fair use,” which is given a statutory basis in section 107 of the 1976 Copyright Act. In other instances, the limitation takes the form of a “compulsory license” under which certain limited uses of copyrighted works are permitted upon payment of specified royalties and compliance with statutory conditions. For further information about the limitations of any of these rights, consult the copyright law or write to the Copyright Office.

An ISBN number is the "International Standard Book Number" which is a unique ten or thirteen digit number that is assigned to every printed book. A book's ISBN number identifies the title and the publisher of the book it is assigned to.

All books printed after 1970 have been assigned a unique ISBN number. ISBN's allow you to search for a specific format as well since most ISBN numbers are different for the soft cover and hard cover version of a book.

Our unique multiple ISBN search allows you to enter one or more ISBN numbers to be searched for simultaneously. Biblio's ISBN Search helps you find the right title, every time.

First Edition Books - The term first edition traditionally refers to all copies of a book printed with the same or substantially the same setting of type. However, the precise meaning has slight, but significant, variations in the fields of bibliography, book collecting, and publishing.

Answer 5

Look for an MLA handbook - I think they have that information in them.

Answer 6

well, first search your mind if you dont understand it search your heart and if you still feel confuse search god