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>>>>> "Robbe" == Robert Bihlmeyer <e9426626@stud2.tuwien.ac.at> writes:

    Robbe> Just scanning the ISBN-bar-code would be simpler, wouldn't
    Robbe> it? Or haven't you written the ISBNDB backend yet?

An interesting (yet entirely useless) factoid: The first three digits
of all UPC codes are a location code. All books' UPC codes begin with
"9 78", which is the location code for "Bookland".

Chris

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