The ISBN or “International Standard Book Number” has been 10 digits but will soon be 13 digits. For information check out the Book Industry Study Group’s special “Are You Ready for the ISBN-13 Transition?” Webpage.
We survived the Millenium Bug - I guess we’ll survive this, too!
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The Private Library by Arthur L Humphreys was originally published in 1897
In the book the author sought to convey “What we do know, what we don’t know, what we ought to know about our books.”
An 1903 edition is available to be read on Google Books .
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