It is the publisher edition. You will notice a lot of books have less numbers like 98765 or something similar, is the print of the book you have. You have a first printing of that particular edition. Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI and Judson, guiding golden juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. Graduate Alumni Association Board www.guidedogs.com Dog ownership is like a rainbow. Puppies are the joy at one end. Old dogs are the treasure at the other. Carolyn Alexander ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 2:25 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. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.