Talk:Suspect ISBN numbers
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also, can you please italicise the book titles.--Rudra (talk) 23:06, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
these numbers have of course never been issued by the Russian Book Chamber which is the ISBN authority in Russia to more than one book.
is it possibele to search for ISBN numbers there ? that way we could find out who the number 5-7135-0046-2 was originally issued to, provided it was actually issued. --Rudra (talk) 00:39, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
searching the Global Register of Publishers shows this:
- Publisher: Kniga
- Country: Russian Federation
- Agency Name: Russia
- ISBN Prefix: 978-5-7135-
- Status: ACTIVE
- Address: Chelyabinsk ul. Posty`sheva, 2
- Admin Contact Name: V.M. Afanasovich
- Admin Phone: 7-(351) 264-98-48
- Admin Fax: 7-(351) 264-98-48
so any other publisher using that prefix is at least suspect and most likely a forger.--Rudra (talk) 00:39, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
searching the Kniga catalog shows that the ISBN number 5-7135-0046-2 is for Сборник буддийских молитв на каждый день--Rudra (talk) 02:03, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
what confuses me the most is this : why would Prayas fake ISBN numbers despite the fact that he is officially registered as a publisher and could just use his own numbers ?
his details in the Global Registry are:
- Publisher: Soldatov Aleksandr Valentinovich
- Country: Russian Federation
- Agency Name: Russia
- ISBN Prefix: 978-5-94726
- Status: ACTIVE
- Address: Moscow ul. Ae`rodromnaya, d. 12, korp. 1, kv. 16
- Admin Contact Name: A.V. Soldatov
- Admin Phone: 7-(495) 492-57-92
- Admin Email: osho@inbox.ru
i did send him an email to this address, but had no response.--Rudra (talk) 02:03, 14 February 2017 (UTC)