thanks. I just learned, though, that it's not always a count *down*. I
bought one of those cheap paperbacks yesterday, and it counts *up* 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9.
I don't suppose it makes much difference, since - if I understand you
correctly - it's not about the order, but just how far it goes.
Thanks, again.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 11:33 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What's with the Countdown
A book collector explained to me that those numbers indicate the edition. If a book has all ten numbers, it is a first edition. It doesn't matter if they are consecutive or, as you'll sometimes see, the odd numbers are on one side and the even on the other. If the numbers start with, say, 2 or 3, it is the third time the book has been published ot reprinted.
I think they are a fairly recent thing. I haven't seen them in old books.
The collector told me that those numbers ae more truly indicative of first editions, because sometime the publisher forgets to remove the words First Edition when a book is re-published.
Cindy
--- Jake Brownell <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hey Evan, That's printed in a lot of books, in fact it usually counts down from 10. I think it might have something to do with the edition or printing or something along those lines. BTW it doesn't always start with 10 and end with 1, but that is a common example.
HTH,
Jake
----- Original Message ----- From: Evan Reese
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 1:25 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] What's with the
Countdown
A very trivial question, but on several books I've checked lately, at the bottom of the page with the copyright info and ISBN and so forth is written: 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Anyone know what that's about?
Just wondering.
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