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Old 09-09-2013, 09:20 AM   #2
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The way that works is the isbn for the book is queried in the worldcat database for all "related books" which means other editions paperback/hardback and so on and then the date of the first edition (the earliest date is chosen). Unfortunately, worldcat has lots of bogus data when it comes tofinding related books, so there is no bulletproof automatic way to do it. You just have to review the results manually.
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