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I wonder who the executive was who decided to start assigning International Standard Book Numbers to non-books. “Why not? What’s the big deal?” said someone wh
by elliekelly 6y ago
I wonder who the executive was who decided to start assigning International Standard Book Numbers to non-books.
“Why not? What’s the big deal?” said someone who has never worked with garbage data.
- rozab 6y agoBig booksellers whose whole systems are built around ISBNs as a primary key
- factotvm 6y agoWhen all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
- KineticLensman 6y ago"And hammer marks start to mysteriously appear everywhere."
- smokelegend 6y ago"Not a bug, but a feature"
- Throwaway1771 6y agoNot an executive, but a middle manager etc that said: "paying $2-10k+ to add an International Standard Book Accessory Number field to their software will never get approved for a bookmark that works as a compass, or a promotional Harry Potter bookend set." Tough to disagree.