Colleagues:
I just got in a book order from a small jobber which included a
10-volume animal set, ___ : a portrait of the animal world. Since this
particular jobber doesn't offer cataloging I've got to do it myself. No
big deal for most things. These books, though, have me puzzled. Only two
of them show up in LC, and with some major differences. The one I've got
in front of me, for example, is the Spiders book. LC says it was
published by Smithmark Publishers, NY, in 1996. My copy doesn't give any
location, nor is there a reference to Smithmark anywhere that I've
found. The verso says c 2006 New Line Books. I'm starting to get a bit
suspicious that maybe New Line Books has decided to reprint, using a
foreign printing operation, some OP books from other publishers.
Smithmark apparently still exists, at least a Metacrawler search turned
up an address and phone number for them.
Any ideas? Since it is noon in NYC now, there's no point in trying to
call Smithmark right now, but maybe later I will just to see if they can
shed any light on this. I've already tried to contact New Line Books,
but haven't had a response from them yet.
--
David Lininger, kb0zke,
MS/HS librarian
Hickory County R-1 Schools
Urbana, MO 65767
417-993-4226
tss003 at tnp dot more dot net
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