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lagilmanWhen I was at Roc, I had memorized the ISBN numbers for a baker's dozen-plus of books at any given time (at least ten recent releases, plus a number of on-going titles), and could type them into the computer without hesitation.
I have no idea what my own ISBNs are. I don't even know, without looking, what the Luna prefix is (I just checked. It's 0-373).
All this means is that I don't have to enter my own numbers into a computer on a regular basis, or stare at sheets of similarly-coded titles on a monthly basis. But it still bemuses me.
Of the published novelists reading this, anyone out there memorize their own ISBNs?
ETA: and a small thing that's been driving me insane: the past tense of copyright is copyrighted NOT copywritten. Okay? Thank you.
I have no idea what my own ISBNs are. I don't even know, without looking, what the Luna prefix is (I just checked. It's 0-373).
All this means is that I don't have to enter my own numbers into a computer on a regular basis, or stare at sheets of similarly-coded titles on a monthly basis. But it still bemuses me.
Of the published novelists reading this, anyone out there memorize their own ISBNs?
ETA: and a small thing that's been driving me insane: the past tense of copyright is copyrighted NOT copywritten. Okay? Thank you.
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Date: 2006-08-19 03:05 pm (UTC)My short-term memory, thanks to middle age and the MS, is tricky enough. Nic has the ISBNs entered into his computer, in various tracking spreadsheets; he can deal.
Also, "copywritten"? Are you kidding me...?
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Date: 2006-08-19 04:00 pm (UTC)Alas, no. I give them partial credit for understanding (or trying to understand) the concept, at least....
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Date: 2006-08-19 04:02 pm (UTC)