Re:1.3B Worldcat scrape and data science mini-competition
by yorwba on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @11:06AM
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Companies can get a range of ISBNs before deciding what to publish under each ISBN, or whether to publish something at all. So the authorities assigning ISBNs don't necessarily know what they're being used for.
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Re:1.3B Worldcat scrape and data science mini-competition
by greenie_beans on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @07:52PM
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not to mention, publishers don't always follow the rules and nobody is paying attention to them