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Originally Posted by MattW
Given that, I honestly don't get the hang-ups on the ISBN number. That number very obviously is not part of the copyrighted work itself in any meaninful way (again: otherwise even the mention of an ISBN number would infringe copyright[1]).
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Nobody is suggesting that there's anything wrong with quoting an ISBN. The question was whether or not one of the goals of this work was to hide the identity of the original book. If it is, you need to get rid of the ISBN; it's not, there's no problem.
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As for the question whethe or not the XHTML structure of the book itself is part of the copyrighted material, ask yourself whethe the type of paper (or font size) used in a printed book is part of the copyrighted material.
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No, not the XHTML structure of the book, but the CSS definitions themselves. This is arguably a "creative" component of the book and hence may be subject to copyright. As I said in an earlier post, though, a little research suggests that there has been no legal decision made as to whether an XML scheme constitutes a programming language or a program, and hence it is up in the air as to whether or not it actually is protected by copyright.