Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

I've just added That First Time: Six Renga on Love and Other Poems by Hiroaki Sato and discovered that it shares ISBN 0932662684 with Weymouth: An Anthology of Poetry (same publisher and author), and published before the book I'm adding.

I've left the ISBN field blank on That First Time and added a note on the description. I guess this is a screw-up on the publisher's part, but would appreciate some advice.

Looks like you did fine. Also, Worldcat shows both books for that ISBN.

You did it correctly. ISBN's are often reused...one of our pet peeves, but we've learned to live with it. :)

Thanks for the quick responses. I only came across such a thing once before. Do ISBN's cost money in the States or what?

Should I add a note to the Weymouth record in case anyone is searching for That First Time via ISBN and thinks they're losing their marbles?

Norman wrote: "Thanks for the quick responses. I only came across such a thing once before. Do ISBN's cost money in the States or what?"

Last I checked, unlike Canada the ISBN agency there does charge a fee for assigning an ISBN.

ISBNs cost money everywhere. In some countries, that cost is borne by a government agency.

Well, I meant 'cost money to the publisher'. Sorry if that wasn't clear. ISBNs are cost-free to publishers in some (most?) countries.