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Originally Posted by Ravensknight
I take it you've never curated an online book database? Without isbn/asin numbers, it is a NIGHTMARE.
Metadata does nothing for me when I don't have it available externally.
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But you would always have at ASIN or something like it. The difference is that ASIN is not paid for and doesn't come from an outside source. I have no beef with having identifiers applied; I just don't see a huge need to pay an agency money every time I put out another format. There's very little gain, if any, for me. Although if governments discount taxes based on whether I buy a number, there is a gain for me.