incomplete record

[Lori Z]

I manually added a the book "All your lovely words are spoken" by Mary Linn Roby. The ISBN I found is 044101696. However, I don't have a summary and no idea what this book was about other than it was a gothic. Can anyone see if they can come up with any more info on it?
Thanks in advance!

[rivka, Former Moderator]

That's an invalid ISBN -- it only has 9 digits.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Definitely not its ISBN. Published in 1970 as an Ace paperback (found a cover), it probably had no ISBN.

[Peter]

rivka wrote: "That's an invalid ISBN -- it only has 9 digits."

Could it have been an SBN? They only have 9 digits and predate ISBNs.

[Lori Z]

Oh, it was my first time adding a record manually and I didn't count to see how many digits the ISBN had. That's good to know for in the future.
Thanks!

[Ron]

I have a number of the Ace books from 1970's with only last nine digits listed. They were leaving off the initial "0" to save cost.

[rivka, Former Moderator]

Adding another 0 at the beginning in this case does not yield a valid ISBN.

[Peter]

Ron wrote: "I have a number of the Ace books from 1970's with only last nine digits listed. They were leaving off the initial "0" to save cost."

Actually, the 9 digit numbers were not to save cost. Those were SBNs, which predated ISBNs. Placing a zero in front of a SBN usually produces a valid ISBN but only if the SBN was from a US publisher. I've noticed UK used a one in front. I'm not sure about other countries. But remember that the last digit is a check digit and may need changing as well.